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Description
Death by a Thousand Cuts Explores the history, iconography, and legal contexts
of Chinese tortures and executions from the tenth century until lingchi's
abolition in 105. This work investigates "oriental" tortures in the Western
imagination. It also questions the logic by which states justify tor...