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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. 1st Edition. Grey plasticized bds., gilt lettering on backstr. Dj. unclipped. Illus. Xi, 320pp. incl. notes, bibliography, index. MINT COPY.
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Lingua: Inglese
Editore: Massachusetts: Harvard University Press copyright, 2008
ISBN 10: 0674027736 ISBN 13: 9780674027732
Da: Chapter House Books (Member of the PBFA), Sherborne, Regno Unito
Membro dell'associazione: PBFA
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Aggiungi al carrello1st American Edition. Hardback. Very good in near very good, edge worn, faded on spine and plastic protected, d/w. Spine and corners bumped, edge of boards rubbed and bumped. Please email for exact postage quote and information on any available discounts.
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 336 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock.
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Aggiungi al carrelloCondizione: New. In Beijing in 1904, multiple murderer Wang Weiqin became one of the last to suffer the extreme punishment known as lingchi, called by Western observers death by a thousand cuts. This is the first book to explore the history, iconography, and legal context.
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Aggiungi al carrelloHard Cover in Dj. Condizione: As New. 8vo, hardcover in dj, pp.320. In a public square in Beijing in 1904, multiple murderer Wang Weiqin was executed before a crowd of onlookers. He was among the last to suffer the extreme punishment known as lingchi. Called by Western observers ?death by a thousand cuts? or ?death by slicing,? this penalty was reserved for the very worst crimes in imperial China. A unique interdisciplinary history, Death by a Thousand Cuts is the first book to explore the history, iconography, and legal contexts of Chinese tortures and executions from the tenth century until lingchi?s abolition in 1905. The authors then turn their attention to an in-depth investigation of ?oriental? tortures in the Western imagination. While early modern Europeans often depicted Chinese institutions as rational, nineteenth- and twentieth-century readers consumed pictures of lingchi executions as titillating curiosities and evidence of moral inferiority. By examining these works in light of European conventions associated with despotic government, Christian martyrdom, and ecstatic suffering, the authors unpack the stereotype of innate Chinese cruelty and explore the mixture of fascination and revulsion that has long characterized the West?s encounter with ?other? civilizations. Compelling and thought-provoking, Death by a Thousand Cuts questions the logic by which states justify tormenting individuals and the varied ways by which human beings have exploited the symbolism of bodily degradation for political aims.
Editore: Harvard University Press 2008, 2008
Da: Peter J. Hadley Bookseller BA, Ludlow, Regno Unito
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Aggiungi al carrelloOne corner bumped with tear to dustjacket else VG in publishers cloth in like dustjacket. Mirsky's Signature to endpaper with his Notes and Markings throughout. 1st edition. ISBN 9780674027732.
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Aggiungi al carrellopaperback. Condizione: New. Ship out in 2 business day, And Fast shipping, Free Tracking number will be provided after the shipment.Paperback. Language: Chinese Publisher: Commercial Press. 1904 Fall Beijing Caishikou . was publicly executed prisoners Raymond WONG . viewer. such as blocking . Since a few months . slicing torture begins with the legal system of the Qing Empire permanently disappear. By Western observers as hacked in pieces and live cut . the cut in pieces. is imperial China punish the most serious crimes of punishment. Lynching Western Perspective : Sha Qiandao is the Western world 's first study of Chines.Four Satisfaction guaranteed,or money back.
Da: Revaluation Books, Exeter, Regno Unito
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Aggiungi al carrelloHardcover. Condizione: Brand New. 1st edition. 336 pages. 9.50x6.25x1.00 inches. In Stock. This item is printed on demand.