Every Step a Lotus
Shoes for Bound Feet
by Dorothy Ko
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appears in Chinese History, About China, and History.
In Every Step a Lotus, Dorothy Ko embarks on a fascinating exploration of the practice of footbinding in China, explaining its origins, purpose, and spread before the nineteenth century. She uses women's own voices to reconstruct the inner chambers of a Chinese house where women with bound feet lived and worked. Focusing on the material aspects of ...
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appears in Chinese History, About China, and History.
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