Martyrs' Mirror plays and China's legislaturethe National People's

and China's legislaturethe National People's Congress (NPC)

and are used by people to grow crops and graze animals

is the "faith of the killable people" and offers ex-criminals and gang members the opportunity to positively reinvent their public personas

which are changing how news about political life is collected and conveyed-they describe the evolving information interdependence of the media and public opinion

as well as making a major contribution to the history of everyday life

Martyrs' Mirror plays and China's legislaturethe National People'sMartyrs' Mirror examines the folklore of martyrdom among seventeenth century New England Protestants, exploring how they imagined themselves within biblical and historical narratives of persecution. Memories of martyrdom, especially stories of the Protestants killed during the reign of Queen Mary in the mid sixteenth century, were central to a model of holiness and political legitimacy. The colonists of early New England drew on this historical