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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Wang, Ping, 1957- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2000.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"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."--Jacket
Descripción Física:1 online resource (288 pages): illustrations
Premios:Minnesota Book Awards (nominated), 2001
ISBN:9780816691722