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</html>";s:4:"text";s:9030:"I really wanted to understand the cultural and social reasons for it. The photos are stunning in their ability to portray the mutilation of the feet. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Refresh and try again. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. After reading Lisa See's novel, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, I became fascinated with the chinese practice of foot binding. I couldn't quite bring myself to finish this book because it felt too much like a thesis, which in actuality, I believe it was. This book is packed with excellent information, well documented stuff on a phenomenon that is difficult to find info about beyond the stylized/theatrical versions of it. It is wonderfully well-researched. While this book tells some things that were involved in the horrors of foot-binding, it is not a story, nor is it done in story form. I found the information insightful and very helpful. If you haven't heard of record-smashing singer and songwriter Mariah Carey, is there any hope for you? International journal of paleopathology 24 (2019): 79–88. This is a combination of women's accounts of their experiences with footbinding, presented in combination with dramaturgical representations of it from famous/period pieces. This turned out to be a doctoral dissertation. Be the first to ask a question about Aching for Beauty. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. This I read for research for my latest book I am working on. If you want to be haunted with words for a long time, this is the book that will stay with you concerning the lengths humans go for acceptance. After reading Lisa See's novel, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, I became fascinated with the chinese practice of foot binding. The whole book is plagued--if I may use this rather strong expression--by overinterpretation, an unfortunate result of the author's overflowing subjectivity. Book Review: Aching for Beauty: Footbinding in China, by Wang Ping, After reading Lisa See's novel, Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, I became fascinated with the chinese practice of foot binding. Someone else said this reads like a dissertation and is thus too boring but, being an academic, I don't think that's the author's problem: instead, I think it's good old fashioned lack of editing. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published I learned a lot, appreciated the pictures. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. University of Minnesota Press Additional Information. I tried very hard to maintain an open mind about the practice of foot binding. It surprises me to see how she exaggerates matters given that she relies heavily on previous scholarship (that of Lydia Liu, for example) and quotes them everywhere. In the Chinese culture, foot binding was that well-known beauty expectation for centuries. "_x000B_ Ping used literary sources such as novels, poems and pla. Unable to add item to List. This book is packed with excellent information, well documented stuff on a phenomenon that is difficult to find info about beyond the stylized/theatrical versions of it. I tried very hard to maintain an open mind about the practice of foot binding. Aching for Beauty was a difficult book to read.. partly because it read like a doctoral dissertation and partly because the ideas presented were very disturbing to me. Love the body of water, its sound and smell, love the touch of the muddy beach and golden sand. By first examining the root of her own girlhood desire, Wang unleashes a fascinating inquiry into a centuries-old custom. Welcome back. To get the free app, enter your mobile phone number. By first examining the root of her own girlhood desire, Wang unleashes a fascinating inquiry into a centuries-old custom. Ping's words are powerful. Aching for Beauty combines Wang’s unique perspective and remarkable literary gifts in an award-winning exploration of the history and culture surrounding footbinding. After enjoying Ping's poetry, I started reading this book. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. She raises some interesting points, but this was too ponderous to be a good introduction to the topic. Strongly recommended!! Painful Memories for China's Footbinding Survivors Millions of Chinese women bound their feet, a status symbol that allowed them to marry into money. 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