Subject: Capital punishment--China--History

Death by a thousand cuts
AuthorBrook, Timothy, 1951-Blue, GregoryBourgon, Jérôme
PlaceCambridge, MA
PublisherHarvard University Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook
Series
ShelfDirector's Office
Call NumberHV8699.C6 B76 2008
Descriptionxi, 320 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
NoteDeath 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.
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ISBN9780674027732
LCCN2007031346
Xingju ji xingxing zhi zhi kao 刑具及行刑之制考. [Xingju kao 刑具考. Xingxing zhi zhi kao 行刑之制考]
AuthorShen Jiaben 沈家本, 1840-1913
PlaceTaibei Shi 臺北市
PublisherTaiwan Shangwu yinshuguan 臺灣商務印書館
CollectionBibl. Sinensis Soc. Iesu
Edition初版
LanguageChinese 中文
TypeBook
SeriesRenren wenku 人人文庫 ; 2272
ShelfStacks
Call NumberAC149.R363 2272
Description2 p., 24, 21 leaves ; 17.5 cm.
NoteXingju ji xingxing zhi zhikao 刑具及行刑之制考 / Shen Jiaben zhu 沈家本著.
Contents: Xingju kao 刑具考 -- Xingxing zhi zhi kao 行刑之制考.
民國65 [1976].
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LCCN77842216