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Footbinding - History

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7 works

    • Student dissertations

    "Fashion manmade beauty ? - Why, sir, cobble you !" / Cliona Kirwan.

    | Kirwan, Cliona. | Date: 1991
    • Books

    Splendid slippers : a thousand years of an erotic tradition / Beverley Jackson.

    | Beverley Jackson | Date: [1997]
    • Books

    Aching for beauty : footbinding in China / Wang Ping.

    | Wang Ping | Date: [2000]
    • Books

    Chinese footbinding : the history of a curious erotic custom / by Howard S. Levy ; foreword by Arthur Waley ; introduction by Wolfram Eberhard.

    | Howard S. Levy | Date: [1966]
    • Books

    The lotus lovers : the complete history of the curious erotic custom of footbinding in China / Howard S. Levy ; foreword by Arthur Waley ; introduction by Wolfram Eberhard.

    | Howard S. Levy | Date: 1991
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China
Women - sociology

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