Aching For Beauty: Footbinding in China
by Wang Ping
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0816636052
- ISBN 13
- 9780816636051
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About This Item
Hardback. New. The author explores the cultural history behind the Chinese custom of footbinding, why Chinese women over 1,000 years endured the practice, and why Chinese men found women's "golden lotuses" so arousing. Photos.
Synopsis
Wang Ping’s books include American Visa, a collection of short stories; Foreign Devil, a novel; and Of Flesh and Spirit, a collection of poetry. Born in Shanghai, she holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature from New York University and teaches creative writing at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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- Bookseller
- The Saint Bookstore (GB)
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- A9780816636051
- Title
- Aching For Beauty: Footbinding in China
- Author
- Wang Ping
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0816636052
- ISBN 13
- 9780816636051
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Place of Publication
- Minneapolis
- This edition first published
- October 10, 2000
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