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Aching for beauty : footbinding in China
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Title
Aching for beauty : footbinding in China / Wang Ping.
ISBN
0816636052 (hc : alk. paper)
0816636060 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Published
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2000.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Variant and related titles
Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 07, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-257) and index.
Contents
Three-inch golden lotuses : achieving beauty through violence
A brief history of footbinding
Footbinding and the cult of the exemplary woman
Edible beauty : food and foot fetishes in China
Silken slippers : footbinding in Chinese erotica
Binding, weaving, chatting : female bonding and writing
From golden lotus to Prime Minister : a woman's tale living from mouth to mouth
The fabric of masquerade.
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