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This interdisciplinary study explores the history, iconography, and legal contexts of Chinese tortures and executions from the 10th century until the abolition of Lingchi ('death by a thousand cuts') in 1905. The authors then turn their attention to an investigation of 'oriental'tortures in the Western imagination.Brook, Timothy is the author of 'Death by a Thousand Cuts', published 2008 under ISBN 9780674027732 and ISBN 0674027736.
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