Ch. 1. The Idea of Effigy
Ch. 2. Upstairs, Downstairs at the Wax Museum. A Scandinavian Panoptikon. Ape in the Human
Ch. 3. The Wax Effigy as Recording Technology. Annihilation of Space and Time. Effigy as Index. Persuasive Relics
Ch. 4. Figure and Tableau. Showing Stories. The Living Tableau. Toeing the Line. Entrapment Scenarios
Ch. 5. Panoptikon, Metropolis, and the Urban Uncanny. Small Big Cities. Urbanity and Orientalism. The City in the Mirror
Ch. 6. Vanishing Culture. Cultural Juxtaposition. Tableaux for Tourists. Cradle or Grave?
Ch. 7. Dead Bones Rise. Homeless Objects. Props
Ch. 8. Insiders. Cohabitation. Traces. Home, Again
Ch. 9. Farmers and Flaneurs. Cultural-Historical Intoxication.