Aching for beauty : footbinding in China / Wang Ping.

Minneapolis ; London : University of Minnesota Press, [2000], ©2000.

xiv, 265 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

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.

Includes index and bibliography: p. 249-257.