The Chinese Sorcery Scare Of 1768 Sparknotes

Critical Review The book that "Soulstealers The Chinese Sorcery Scare of 1768" by Philip A. Kuhn is a book that looks into the past of specific Chinese culture and its take on sorcery. One of the strengths in reading this book was mainly how intricate the details and the depth that Kuhn goes into it further when writing this book to try to make it as historically accurate as possible. The main issue that Kuhn tries to cover in the book was about sorcery within China and how sorcery was viewed and treated and how socially there was a spread of worry among the Cillvians. The author Kuhn does go into depth on the cultural values that were instilled at the time and throughout the various dynasties which I thought helped the overall flow

However, Kuhn wrote about how the hair also had meaning beyond just cultural identity it also held “the political meaning of hair: the queue, worn behind a shaved forehead, was the headdress of China's Manchu rulers…”(12). I think that Kuhn did a really good job of getting all the information on the rulers with how the hair was for the

As someone with limited Chinese knowledge, I had a harder time making sure I was keeping all the rulers in line as I was reading each chapter and where each of the timelines started and ended. I learned a lot of information just from this book alone and one of my large takeaways was learning the symbolization of the hair. I think anyone should read this book to help themself expand their knowledge of various cultures and historical