Aching for beauty : footbinding in China /

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by Wang, Ping,
[ 01. English Non Fiction ] Published by : University of Minnesota Press, (Minneapolis :) Physical details: xiii, 265 p. : ill., 21 cm. Subject(s): Footbinding --China --History. | Women --China --Social conditions. | Beauty, Personal --China --History. | Body image in women --China --History. Year : 2000 01. English Non Fiction Item type : 01. English Non Fiction
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Charlottetown Rural High School 391 WAN Available

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.