ISBN:
0674027736
,
9780674027732
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 320 S.
,
Ill.
,
25 cm
DDC:
364.660951
Keywords:
Capital punishment
;
Konferenzschrift
;
China
;
Leibesstrafe
;
Strafvollstreckung
;
Geschichte 907-1905
;
Hinrichtung
;
Folter
Abstract:
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
Description / 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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-312) and index
