Aching for Beauty - Footbinding in China (Paperback, 1st Anchor Books ed)

When Wang Ping was nine years old, she secretly set about binding her feet with elastic bands. Footbinding had by then been outlawed in China, women’s feet “liberated,” but at that young age she desperately wanted the tiny feet her grandmother had–deformed and malodorous as they were. By first examining the root of her own girlhood desire, Wang unleashes a fascinating inquiry into a centuries-old custom.
Aching for Beauty combines Wang’s unique perspective and remarkable literary gifts in an award-winning exploration of the history and culture surrounding footbinding. In setting out to demystify this reviled tradition, Wang probes an astonishing range of literary references, addresses the relationship between beauty and pain, and discusses the intense female bonds that footbinding fostered. Her comprehensive examination of the notions of hierarchy, femininity, and fetish bound up in the tradition places footbinding in its proper context in Chinese history and opens a window onto an intriguing culture.

General

Imprint:	Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2002
First published:	March 2002
Authors:	Wang Ping
Dimensions:	204 x 132 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	288
Edition:	1st Anchor Books ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-385-72136-3
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Women's studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Customs & folklore > Customs Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-385-72136-6
Barcode:	9780385721363

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