Lean, Eugenia. Public passions the trial of Shi Jianqiao and the rise of popular sympathy in Republican China

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General notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-274) and index Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, MPublishing, 2009. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet

Contents

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

Extended title: Public passions the trial of Shi Jianqiao and the rise of popular sympathy in Republican China / Eugenia Lean

Sun, Chuanfang, 1885-1935 Shi, Jianqiao, 1906-1979 Trials (Assassination)

author: Lean, Eugenia, 1968-
subject: Sun, Chuanfang, 1885-1935
subject: Shi, Jianqiao, 1906-1979
associated with: American Council of Learned Societies