Soulstealers : the Chinese sorcery scare of 1768 /
In the reign of Ch'ien-lung emperor, Hungli, mass hysteria broke out. It was feared that sorcerers were roaming the land clipping off the ends of men's queues (braids worn by royal decree) and stealing their souls. Kuhn chronicles this epidemic of fear and the official prosecution of souls...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Cambridge, Mass. :
Harvard University Press,
1990.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | In the reign of Ch'ien-lung emperor, Hungli, mass hysteria broke out. It was feared that sorcerers were roaming the land clipping off the ends of men's queues (braids worn by royal decree) and stealing their souls. Kuhn chronicles this epidemic of fear and the official prosecution of soulstealers. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 299 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-278) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780674039773 0674039777 |