6. From Denial to Apology: Narrative Strategies of a “Perpetrator” after the Cultural Revolution

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements V
3. Contents VII
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Beyond “Destruction” and “Lawlessness”: The Legal System during the Cultural Revolution 25
6. 2. The Intelligence Sleeper Who Never Was: Han Fuying and Case 5004 52
7. 3. A Different Category of Life: The Counterrevolutionary Case of a Rural Schoolteacher 75
8. 4. Vetting the People’s Servant: On the Principles of Revolutionary Integrity 98
9. 5. A Policeman, His Gun, and an Alleged Rape: Competing Appeals for Justice in Tianjin, 1966–1979 127
10. 6. From Denial to Apology: Narrative Strategies of a “Perpetrator” after the Cultural Revolution 150
11. 7. The Floating Fate of a Rebel Leader in Guangxi, 1966–1984 174
12. Contributors 201
13. Index 203