Aching For Beauty: Footbinding in China - Wang Ping - Books - University of Minnesota Press - 9780816636051 - October 10, 2000
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Aching For Beauty: Footbinding in China

Wang Ping

Aching For Beauty: Footbinding in China

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

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