Soulstealers : the Chinese sorcery scare of 1768 /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kuhn, Philip A.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1990.
Temas:
1700-1799
Bureaucracy > China > History > 18th century.
Witchcraft > China > History > 18th century.
Bureaucratie > Chine > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Sorcellerie > Chine > Histoire > 18e siècle.
HISTORY.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
Bureaucracy
Politics and government
Witchcraft
Heksenprocessen.
Hekserij.
Massahysterie.
China > Politics and government > 18th century.
China > History > Qianlong, 1736-1795.
Chine > Politique et gouvernement > 18e siècle.
Chine > Histoire > 1736-1795 (Qianlong)
China
Politics > History, 1644-1912
Magic (Occultism) > History
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Tales of the China clipper
  • The properous age
  • Threats seen and unseen
  • The crime defined
  • The roots of sorcery fear
  • The campaign in the provinces
  • On the trail of the master-sorcerers
  • The end of the trail
  • Political crime and bureaucratic monarchy
  • Theme and variations.

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