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...
| Основен автор: | Wang, Ping, 1957- |
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| Автор-организации: | ebrary, Inc. |
| Формат: | Електронен |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Minneapolis :
University of Minnesota Press,
c2000.
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An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
| Резюме: |
"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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| Физически характеристики: |
xiv, 265 p. : ill. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-257) and index. |