Wang, Ping, 1957-

Aching for beauty : footbinding in China / Wang Ping. - Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2000. - xiii, 265 p. : ill., 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references 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.

ISBN: 0385721366 (tr. pbk.)

LCCN: 00009522

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Footbinding--History.--China
Women--Social conditions.--China
Beauty, Personal--History.--China
Body image in women--History.--China

LC Class. No.: GT498.F66 / W36 2000

Dewey Class. No.: 391.4/1