Aching for beauty footbinding in China /
"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 fe...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
c2000.
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| Online Access: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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| 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 265 p. : ill. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-257) and index. |