Death by a thousand cuts Timothy Brook, Jérôme Bourgon, Gregory Blue

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. Harvard University Press 2008Description: xi, 320 pISBN:
  • 9780674027732
  • 0674027736
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Contents:
The execution of Wang Weiqin -- The laws of punishment in late Imperial China -- The origins of lingchi and problems of its legitimacy -- Lingchi in the Ming Dynasty -- Tormenting the dead -- Chinese torture in the Western mind -- Misreading lingchi -- Georges Bataille's interpretation -- Lingering on.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-312) and index.

The execution of Wang Weiqin -- The laws of punishment in late Imperial China -- The origins of lingchi and problems of its legitimacy -- Lingchi in the Ming Dynasty -- Tormenting the dead -- Chinese torture in the Western mind -- Misreading lingchi -- Georges Bataille's interpretation -- Lingering on.

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