Aching for beauty : footbinding in China

Aching for beauty : footbinding in China /

"Wang Ping interprets the mystery of footbinding as part of a womanly heritage - "a roaring ocean current of female language and culture." She claims that footbinding should not be viewed merely as a function of men's oppression of women, but rather as a phenomenon of male and fe...

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Main Author: Wang, Ping, 1957- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2000
Subjects:
Footbinding > China > History.
Women > China > Social conditions.
Beauty, Personal > China > History.
Body image in women > China > History.
Aesthetics.
Culture.
Foot.
Women.
Beauty
Body Image
Culture
Foot
Women
culture note.
women (female humans)
culture (concept)
Electronic books.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • PART I. CHINESE EROTICISM AND FEMALE ALLURE: 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
  • PART II. FOOT BINDING IN WOMEN'S LITERARY TRADITIONS: 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
  • Conclusion: Aching for Beauty and Beyond.

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