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Ladataan... Chinese Footbinding: The History of a Curious Erotic CustomTekijä: Howard S. Levy
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Levy’s work is an impressive attempt to force a reexamination of the practice of footbinding. The introduction states that, “Most Westerners who saw bound feet did not try to find answer to their questions, but simply detested and deplored the custom.” Levy attempts to rectify that oversight by examining a variety of issues surrounding the custom. Levy’s work is an impressive meld of primary sources and secondary scholarship. His most interesting sources are the early twentieth century reminiscences of Chinese men who lamented the loss of footbinding, though these had very little to do with the anti-footbinding movement. For that, he uses publications within the anti-footbinding movement, both Chinese and foreign, as well as Chinese secondary scholarship. Levy’s work was the first comprehensive work on footbinding. näyttää 2/2 ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
This is the first complete history of the custom of footbinding, which persisted for a thousand years in China. Drawn from the erotic literature of traditional China and more contemporary sources, this is a detailed portrait of a practice that lay at the heart of the sexual psychology of the Chinese for whom the golden lotus or bound foot encased in tiny silken slipper and swaying willow walk of bound-footed women were the ultimate expressions of sensuality. But as the author shows, footbinding was more than an erotic custom; it was also central to the sociological position and role of women in Chinese society. The book deals with the origin, presence, and history of foot binding, the techniques associated with it, its place in erotic practices, the pain and pleasure of the custom, and its sociological importance. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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Rooted in dance taken from India, "lotus feet" subjugated women, gave face to men, often offered a smelly perversion to "connaisseurs", and was thought to make women's bums bigger and their private parts tighter. It was opposed as much by Westerners as by Manchu rulers. Eventually, the deeply-engrained habit was brought to an end quickly by the Republican government when it became an apparent loss of face to the Chinese nation.
The book contains lots of illustrations and is certainly not aiming at hypochondriacs. ( )