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

Name: Public Passions The Trial of Shi Jianqiao and the Rise of Popular Sympathy in Republican China
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ISBN: 9780520247185

ISBN-10: 0520247183

ISBN-13: 9780520247185

Edition: 2007

Authors: Eugenia Lean

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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, political, and judicial records surrounding this cause ceacute;legrave;bre, 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. What was at stake…

Book details

List price: $85.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 4/24/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 304
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Eugenia Lean is Assistant Professor of History at Columbia University.



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



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


Conclusion


Notes


Glossary of Selected Chinese Names and Terms


References


Index