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Aching For Beauty: Footbinding in China
Wang Ping
Aching For Beauty: Footbinding in China
Wang Ping
The author explores the cultural history behind the Chinese custom of footbinding, why Chinese women over 1,000 years endured the practice, and why Chinese men found women's "golden lotuses" so arousing. Photos.
288 pages, Illustrations
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | October 10, 2000 |
ISBN13 | 9780816636051 |
Publishers | University of Minnesota Press |
Pages | 288 |
Dimensions | 234 × 159 × 25 mm · 492 g |