Death by a thousand cuts

Death by a thousand cuts

by Brook, Timothy

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Death by a thousand cuts / Timothy Brook, Jérôme Bourgon, Gregory Blue.

Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2008.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:xi, 320 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780674027732, 0674027736
  • oclc:ocn269305905
  • LC Classification:HV8699.C6
  • Dewey Decimal:364.660951

Table of 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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Subjects

Capital punishment Capital punishment -- China China Chine Exécution capitale Histoire peine (droit) -- supplice -- 10e s. -- … Peine capitale Peine corporelle Peine de mort Peine de mort -- Chine peine de mort -- exécution -- 10e s. --… Punitions corporelles Torture

Writers

Brook, Timothy Blue, Gregory Bourgon, Jérôme

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