Public passions : the trial of Shi Jianqiao and the rise of popular sympathy in Republican China / Eugenia Lean.
2007
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Public passions : the trial of Shi Jianqiao and the rise of popular sympathy in Republican China / Eugenia Lean.
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Berkeley : University of California Press, [2007]
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©2007
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xiv, 290 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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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.
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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-274) and index.
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English
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2007. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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9780520247185 cloth alkaline paper
0520247183 cloth alkaline paper
0520247183 cloth alkaline paper
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