Aching for beauty : footbinding in China
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| Author | Wang Ping, 1957-
| | Pub. Location | Minneapolis | Publisher | University of Minnesota Press | | Date | 2000 | Phys. Desc. | xiv, 265 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. | | Location | Dir. Office Gallery | Call Number | GT498.F66 W36 2000 |
| Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-257) and index.
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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