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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Tipo de documento: | Print Libro |
Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, Mass. [u.a.]
Harvard University Press
2008
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En: | Año: 2008 |
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Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag) |
Disponibilidad en Tübingen: | Disponible en Tübingen. UB: KB 20 A 3058 |
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Sumario: | 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 |
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Notas: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-312) and index |
Descripción Física: | XI, 320 S. Ill. 25 cm |
ISBN: | 0674027736 9780674027732 |