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Aching for beauty [electronic resource] : footbinding in China / Wang Ping.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2000.Description: xiv, 265 p. : illSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 391.4/1 21
LOC classification:
  • GT498.F66 W36 2000
Online resources: 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.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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