Public Passions : The Trial of Shi Jianqiao and the Rise of Popular Sympathy in Republican China /

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In 1935, a Chinese woman by the name of Shi Jianqiao murdered the notorious warlord Sun Chuanfang as he prayed in a Buddhist temple. This riveting work of history examines this well-publicized crime and the highly sensationalized trial of the killer. In a fascinating investigation of the media, poli...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lean, Eugenia, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sun Chuanfang.
Sun, Chuanfang, > 1885-1935
Shi, Jianqiao, > 1906-1979
Shi, Jianqiao, > 1906-1979 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Sun, Chuanfang, > 1885-1935 > Assassination.
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Verfahren
Trials (Assassination)
Assassination.
HISTORY > Asia > General.
HISTORY.
Proces (Assassinat) > Chine.
Trials (Assassination) > China.
China
China.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The assassin and her revenge: a tale of moral heroism and female self-fashioning in an age of mass communication
  • Media sensation: public justice and the sympathy of an urban audience
  • Highbrow ambivalence: fear of the masses and feminized sentiment
  • The trial: courtroom spectacle and ethical sentiment in the rule of law
  • A state pardon: sanctioned violence under Nationalist rule
  • Beyond the 1930s: from wartime patriotism to counter-revolutionary sentiment.

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