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Understanding 9/11Chinese footbinding : the history of a curious erotic custom
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352 pages : 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-338) and index
Part one: History -- Introductory remarks -- Origin and presence -- Emancipation movements -- Part two: Curious -- Lotus lovers -- Wonderousness of the lotus -- Secret chronicle of the lotus interest -- Reckless and cruel treatment of the drunken lotus -- The tiny foot in truth and fiction -- Part three: Custom -- Painful history of the lotus hooks -- Ladies of the bound-foot era -- Appendix one: Form of the golden lilies -- Appendix two: The physiological effect produced by footbinding
Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-338) and index
Part one: History -- Introductory remarks -- Origin and presence -- Emancipation movements -- Part two: Curious -- Lotus lovers -- Wonderousness of the lotus -- Secret chronicle of the lotus interest -- Reckless and cruel treatment of the drunken lotus -- The tiny foot in truth and fiction -- Part three: Custom -- Painful history of the lotus hooks -- Ladies of the bound-foot era -- Appendix one: Form of the golden lilies -- Appendix two: The physiological effect produced by footbinding
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