Aching for Beauty: Footbinding in China
- ISBN-10
- 1452904871
- ISBN-13
- 9781452904870
- Pages
- 265
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- U of Minnesota Press
- Author
- Ping Wang
Description
An exploration of the history and cultural practice of footbinding in China reveals the traditions that contributed to and surrounded its thousand-year enforcement, as well as its related literature, music, contests, and rewards.
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