Aching for beauty [electronic resource] : footbinding in China / Wang Ping.
By: Wang, Ping.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc
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Publisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2000Description: xiv, 265 p. : ill.Subject(s): Footbinding -- China -- History | Women -- China -- Social conditions | Beauty, Personal -- China -- History | Body image in women -- China -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 391.4/1 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Review: "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 female desire deeply rooted in traditional Chinese culture."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-257) and index.
"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 female desire deeply rooted in traditional Chinese culture."--BOOK JACKET.
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