| Date | 1978 |
| Publish_location | Taipei θΊε |
| Publisher | Southern Materials Center |
| Collection | Ricci Institute Library [ASCC] |
| Edition | |
| Language | English |
| Record_type | Book |
| Series | |
| Shelf | Dir. Office Gallery North |
| Call Number | GT498.F66 L49 1978 |
| Description | 352 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Note | Chinese footbinding : the history of a curious erotic custom / by Howard S. Levy ; foreword by Arthur Waley ; introduction by Wolfram Eberhard. Reprint. Originally published: New York: Bell Publishing company,[1967] Reprinted ζ°ε67 [1978] Includes bibliography (p.329-338) and index. Part one: History -- Introductory remarks -- Origin and presence -- Emancipation movements -- Part two: Curious -- Lotus lovers -- Wondrousness 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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| Subject | Footbinding--China--History |
