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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
©2000.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- PART I. CHINESE EROTICISM AND FEMALE ALLURE: 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
- PART II. FOOT BINDING IN WOMEN'S LITERARY TRADITIONS: 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
- Conclusion: Aching for Beauty and Beyond.