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An Organ of Murder: Crime, Violence, and Phrenology Nineteenth-Century America
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An Organ of Murder: Crime, Violence, and Phrenology Nineteenth-Century America in Chattanooga, TN
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An Organ of Murder: Crime, Violence, and Phrenology Nineteenth-Century America in Chattanooga, TN
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Finalist for the 2022 Cheiron Book Prize
An Organ of Murder
explores the origins of both popular and elite theories of criminality in the nineteenthcentury United States, focusing in particular on the influence of phrenology.
I
n the United States, phrenology shaped the production of medicolegal knowledge around crime, the treatment of the criminal within prisons and in public discourse, and sociocultural expectations about the causes of crime. The criminal was phrenology’s ideal research and demonstration subject, and the courtroom and the prison were essential spaces for the staging of scientific expertise. In particular, phrenology constructed ways of
looking
as well as a
language
for identifying, understanding, and analyzing criminals and their actions. This work traces the longlasting influence of phrenological visual culture and language in American culture, law, and medicine, as well as the practical uses of phrenology in courts, prisons, and daily life.
An Organ of Murder
explores the origins of both popular and elite theories of criminality in the nineteenthcentury United States, focusing in particular on the influence of phrenology.
I
n the United States, phrenology shaped the production of medicolegal knowledge around crime, the treatment of the criminal within prisons and in public discourse, and sociocultural expectations about the causes of crime. The criminal was phrenology’s ideal research and demonstration subject, and the courtroom and the prison were essential spaces for the staging of scientific expertise. In particular, phrenology constructed ways of
looking
as well as a
language
for identifying, understanding, and analyzing criminals and their actions. This work traces the longlasting influence of phrenological visual culture and language in American culture, law, and medicine, as well as the practical uses of phrenology in courts, prisons, and daily life.
Finalist for the 2022 Cheiron Book Prize
An Organ of Murder
explores the origins of both popular and elite theories of criminality in the nineteenthcentury United States, focusing in particular on the influence of phrenology.
I
n the United States, phrenology shaped the production of medicolegal knowledge around crime, the treatment of the criminal within prisons and in public discourse, and sociocultural expectations about the causes of crime. The criminal was phrenology’s ideal research and demonstration subject, and the courtroom and the prison were essential spaces for the staging of scientific expertise. In particular, phrenology constructed ways of
looking
as well as a
language
for identifying, understanding, and analyzing criminals and their actions. This work traces the longlasting influence of phrenological visual culture and language in American culture, law, and medicine, as well as the practical uses of phrenology in courts, prisons, and daily life.
An Organ of Murder
explores the origins of both popular and elite theories of criminality in the nineteenthcentury United States, focusing in particular on the influence of phrenology.
I
n the United States, phrenology shaped the production of medicolegal knowledge around crime, the treatment of the criminal within prisons and in public discourse, and sociocultural expectations about the causes of crime. The criminal was phrenology’s ideal research and demonstration subject, and the courtroom and the prison were essential spaces for the staging of scientific expertise. In particular, phrenology constructed ways of
looking
as well as a
language
for identifying, understanding, and analyzing criminals and their actions. This work traces the longlasting influence of phrenological visual culture and language in American culture, law, and medicine, as well as the practical uses of phrenology in courts, prisons, and daily life.
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