Aching for Beauty: Footbinding in China
por Wang, Ping
- Usado
- Bom
- Capa dura
- first
- Condição
- Bom/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0816636052
- ISBN 13
- 9780816636051
- Livreiro
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Santa Barbara, California, United States
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Sobre este item
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2000. Pictorial boards, xiv, 265 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. CONTENTS: Three-inch golden lotuses: achieving beauty through violence; A brief history of footbinding; Footbinding and the cult of the exemplary woman; Edible beauty: food and foot fetishes in China; Silken slippers: footbinding in Chinese erotica; Binding, weaving, chatting: female bonding and writing; From golden lotus to Prime Minister: a woman's tale living from mouth to mouth; The fabric of masquerade.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 8vo. Collectible.
Sinopse
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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- Livreiro
- LEFT COAST BOOKS (US)
- Nº do estoque do livreiro
- 098276
- Título
- Aching for Beauty: Footbinding in China
- Autor
- Wang, Ping
- Formato/Encadernação
- Capa dura
- Estado do livro
- Usado - Bom
- Condição de sobrecapa
- Fine
- Edição
- 1st
- ISBN 10
- 0816636052
- ISBN 13
- 9780816636051
- Editorial
- University of Minnesota Press
- Local de publicação
- Minneapolis
- Data de publicação
- 2000
- Dimensão
- 8vo
- Palavras-chave
- COLLECTIBLE
- Catálogos de livreiros
- XXX / COLLECTIBLES; Asian / Chinese; Design / Fashion & Costume; Genre & Subject / Erotic;
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