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Public passions [[electronic resource] ] : the trial of Shi Jianqiao and the rise of popular sympathy in Republican China / / Eugenia Lean



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Autore: Lean Eugenia <1968-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Public passions [[electronic resource] ] : the trial of Shi Jianqiao and the rise of popular sympathy in Republican China / / Eugenia Lean Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (305 p.)
Disciplina: 951.0/2
Soggetto topico: Trials (Assassination) - China
Soggetto non controllato: assassin
assassination
buddhism
china
chinese history
chinese women
crime
criminality
east asia
east asian history
female murderer
femininity
feminism
gender history
gender sexuality
gender studies
gender
history
justice system
legal history
legal system
legal trial
media
modern china
modern law
modernity
murder
nonfiction
public sympathy
revenge
scandal
sensation
sensational media
sentiment
shi jianqiao
sun chuanfang
temple
trial
vengeance
warlord
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-274) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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, political, and judicial records surrounding this cause célèbre, Eugenia Lean shows how Shi Jianqiao planned not only to avenge the death of her father, but also to attract media attention and galvanize public support. Lean traces the rise of a new sentiment-"public sympathy"-in early twentieth-century China, a sentiment that ultimately served to exonerate the assassin. The book sheds new light on the political significance of emotions, the powerful influence of sensational media, modern law in China, and the gendered nature of modernity.
Titolo autorizzato: Public passions  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-35900-2
9786612359002
0-520-93267-6
1-4356-0193-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910778117603321
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Serie: ACLS Fellows’ publications.