Aching for beauty : footbinding in China
Women, china
Beauty
Body image in women
China, social life and customs
Foot
Body image
Beauty, personal
Women, social conditions
Personal Beauty
Culture
Vrouwen
Women
Social conditions
History
"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 r…
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