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Aching for Beauty: Footbinding in China
Aching for Beauty Footbinding in China
Author: Ping Wang, Wang Ping
Asian Studies/Women's Studies A fascinating and haunting exploration of the bound foot in Chinese culture. Why did so many Chinese women over a thousand-year period bind their feet, enduring rotting flesh, throbbing pain, and hampered mobility throughout their lives? What compelled mothers to bind the feet of their young daughters, forcing th...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780816636051
ISBN-10: 0816636052
Publication Date: 10/10/2000
Pages: 320
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Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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This could be the history of foot binding, or just one woman's clear and descriptive college paper on the oppression of women in China. Either way, it is filled with ancient texts, illustrations, and factual information of foot binding. It is not romantic as the current novels portray. Though supposed to be exotic and erotic, I found foot binding as sad and depressing.
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