Death by a Thousand Cuts

Name: Death by a Thousand Cuts
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7650775Death by a Thousand Cutshttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/death-by-a-thousand-cuts-9780674260900/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/7277826/image.jpg?v=638885186488200000766852MXNHarvard University PressInStock/Ebooks/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 lingchis 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 Wests 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....7258682Death by a Thousand Cuts766852https://www.gandhi.com.mx/death-by-a-thousand-cuts-9780674260900/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/7277826/image.jpg?v=638885186488200000InStockMXN99999PR_DIEbook20259780674260900_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9780674260900_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 lingchis 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 Wests 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....9780674260900_Harvard University Presspreventa9780674260900_9780674260900Gregory BlueInglésMéxico2025-09-01T00:00:00+00:00https://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/harvard_short-epub-7e212676-9e08-4d2b-be48-6d68a95ed900.epub2025-09-01T00:00:00+00:00Harvard University Press