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Book SynopsisIn 1935, a Chinese woman by the name of Shi Jianqiao murdered the notorious warlord Sun Chuanfang as he prayed in a Buddhist temple. This work of history examines this well-publicized crime and the highly sensationalized trial of the killer. It traces the rise of a sentiment - public sympathy - in early twentieth-century China.
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Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgmets Introduction 1. The Assassin and Her Revenge: A Tale of Moral Heroism and Female Self-Fashioning in an Age of Mass Communication 2. Media Sensation: Public Justice and the Sympathy of an Urban Audience 3. Highbrow Ambivalence: Fear of the Masses and Feminized Sentiment 4. The Trial: Courtroom Spectacle and Ethical Sentiment in the Rule of Law 5. A State Pardon: Sanctioned Violence under Nationalist Rule 6. Beyond the 1930s: From Wartime Patriotism to Counter-Revolutionary Sentiment Conclusion
