Great Wall of Confinement

The Chinese Prison Camp through Contemporary Fiction and Reportage

AvPhilip F. Williams,Yenna Wu

Häftad, Engelska, 2004

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Beskrivning

China is the only major world power to have entered the twenty-first century with a thriving prison camp network - a frightening, mostly hidden realm known since 1951 as the laogai system. This book, the most comprehensive study of China's prison camps to date, draws from a wide range of primary sources, including many compelling literary documents, to illuminate life inside China's prison camps. Focusing mainly on the second half of the twentieth century, Philip F. Williams and Yenna Wu outline the evolution of the laogai system, construct a vivid picture of prisoners' lives from arrest and interrogation to release, and provide a troubling new perspective on the human rights issues plaguing China.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2004-08-17
Mått:152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:University of California Press
Antal sidor:260
Förlag:University of California Press
ISBN:9780520244023

Utforska kategorier

Kriminalvård och straff inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Philip F. Williams is Professor and Head, School of Language Studies, Massey University, New Zealand. His previous books include Village Echoes: The Fiction of Wu Zuxiang (1993). Yenna Wu is Professor of Chinese and Director of the Asian Languages and Civilizations Program at the University of California at Riverside and author of The Chinese Virago: A Literary Theme (1995), Ameliorative Satire (1999), among other books.

Recensioner i media

"The authors look at every facet of China's prison camp system, place it within China's historical tradition, and compare it with modern analogs. Throughout, literary and autobiographical sources give the 'feel' for the deadening world of the camps." - Perry Link, author of The Uses of Literature"

Innehållsförteckning

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction 1. The Cultural Foundations of China's Prison Camp System 2. The Development of the Chinese Communist Prison Camp 3. The PRC Prison Camp (I): From Arrest of Forced Labor 4. The PRC Prison Camp (II): From Struggle Sessoins to Release or Death 5. Prison Writings Conclusion Bibliography Chinese Character Glossary Index