| Date | 2008 |
| Publish_location | Cambridge, MA |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Collection | Ricci Institute Library |
| Language | English |
| Record_type | Book |
| Shelf | Director's Office |
| Call Number | HV8699.C6 B76 2008 |
| Description | xi, 320 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Note | Death by a thousand cuts / Timothy Brook, Jérôme Bourgon, Gregory Blue. 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. |
| Subject | Torture--China--History Capital punishment--China--History |
| ISBN | 9780674027732 |
| LCCN | 2007031346 |
