Aching for beauty : footbinding in China / Wang Ping.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wang, Ping, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Footbinding--China--History.

Footbinding.

Women--China--Social conditions.

Women.

Beauty, Personal--China--History.

Beauty, Personal.

Body image in women--China--History.

Body image in women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 265 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"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.

Contents:

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

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-257) and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-9172-X

OCLC:

191818210