Death by a thousand cuts

The execution of Wang Weiqin -- The laws of punishment in late-imperial China -- The origins and legitimacy problems of lingchi -- Lingchi in the Ming Dynasty -- Tormenting the dead -- Chinese torture in the Western mind -- Qing executions and European supplices -- Georges Bataille and the supplicié...

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Authors: Brook, Timothy 1951- (Author) ; Bourgon, Jérôme (Author) ; Blue, Gregory 1949- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.] Harvard University Press 2008
In:Year: 2008
Online Access: Table of Contents
Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 3058
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Keywords:
Capital Punishment > China
Konferenzschrift
China > Leibesstrafe > Strafvollstreckung > Geschichte 907-1905
Hinrichtung
Folter
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Summary:The execution of Wang Weiqin -- The laws of punishment in late-imperial China -- The origins and legitimacy problems of lingchi -- Lingchi in the Ming Dynasty -- Tormenting the dead -- Chinese torture in the Western mind -- Qing executions and European supplices -- Georges Bataille and the supplicié chinois -- Retrospective
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-312) and index
Physical Description:XI, 320 S., Ill., 25 cm
ISBN:0-674-02773-6
978-0-674-02773-2