Aching for beauty footbinding in China / Wang Ping.

Author/creator Wang, Ping, 1957-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoMinneapolis : University of Minnesota Press,
Descriptionxiv, 265 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Subjects

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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 249-257) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 00009522
ISBN0816636052 (hc : alk. paper)
ISBN0816636060 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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