Table of Contents

1. Life after death: an introduction to the criminal body in the West 2. The criminal corpse in pieces 3. Curious afterlives: the enduring appeal of the criminal corpse 4. The commodification of the criminal corpse: ‘selective memory’ in posthumous representations of criminal 5. Bodies of Evidence: Criminalising the Celebrity Corpse 6. Criminality, narrative and the expert witness in American biohistory 7. Osama’s body: death of a political criminal and (Re)birth of a nation

About the Author

Melissa Schrift is a Professor of Anthropology at East Tennessee State University, USA. Her current research interests include cultural perceptions of the body and the social history of medicine. She is the author of two books and multiple articles, and has been awarded an American Fellowship for her work on Melugeons.