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The novel depicts human suffering in many ways: the physical and psychological pain of foot binding; the suffering of women of the time, who were treated as property; the terrible trek up the mountains to escape from the horrors of the Taiping Rebellion; the painful return down the mountain with dead bodies everywhere. Some estimate that the ...
17 paź 2016 · The most infamous case was foot binding. Foot binding originated in the tenth or eleventh century by dancers and courtesans. This was a practice where a young girl’s feet were tightly wrapped.
Books shelved as foot-binding: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See, Peony in Love by Lisa See, Bound by Donna Jo Napoli, Ties That Bind, Ties That...
Dorothy Ko's book puts footbinding in as complete a context as I have encountered. She includes excerpts from texts of footbinding fetishists, images, stories of small foot contests, and the cultural implications of the size of a woman's foot.
1 sty 2001 · The Three-Inch Golden Lotus: A Novel on Foot Binding. Feng Jicai, David Wakefield (Translator), 冯骥才. 3.82. 524ratings46reviews. Buy on Amazon. This beguiling story is woven around the life of Fragrant Lotus, who has her feet bound in the supreme Golden Lotus style when she is six years old.
Books about Footbinding | What Should I Read Next? Books with the subject: Footbinding. Up to 20 books are listed, in descending order of popularity. Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. Lisa See. Domestic Fiction. Psychological Fiction. Social Life And Customs. ... Bookshop. Add To List. Ties That Bind, Ties That Break. Lensey Namioka.
14 lut 2020 · Examining the debilitating, lifelong physical effects that foot-binding had on Chinese girls can be crucial for understanding the lengths to which societies will go to restrict women’s...
