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13 lut 2024 · The act of foot binding is horrific, but it is also an act of love; the bound foot is a symbol of entrapment and oppression, but it is also an emblem of exquisite beauty and refinement. Written in 1985, The Three-Inch Golden Lotus is a deeply affecting, thoroughly enjoyable literary revelation."--Jacket
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.
17 paź 2016 · 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. This usually caused the bones to break, thus causing extreme pain.
1 sty 1999 · This one was a freebie from Audible. The plot is set in the year 1911 when foot-binding was a mandatory practice for Chinese women. Ailin, third daughter of a rich Chinese family resists getting her feet bound, a decision which is supported by her father inspite of the disapproval from her mother.
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...
29 sty 2017 · She is back home again, but now she is free. She watches her mother dispose of the bandages, the ointments and salves, and the tiny shoes that were supposed to “fix” her. Her feet had not yet been broken—they will return to the way they were—but now she fears what the village will think of her family.
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