Splendid Slippers: A Thousand Years of an Erotic Tradition

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		Splendid Slippers: A Thousand Years of an Erotic Tradition
		Splendid Slippers: A Thousand Years of an Erotic Tradition

基本信息·出版社：Ten Speed Press
·页码：184 页
·出版日期：1998年01月
·ISBN：0898159571
·条形码：9780898159578
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语
·外文书名：裹脚: 一千年的性传统

内容简介 For over 1000 years, bound feet were a major sexual fetish for high-born Chinese men. Han women tottered through life on four-inch long Lotus Feet showcased in exquisitely embroidered, tiny shoes. From these tiny beginnings, textile scholar Beverley Jackson embarks on an exploration of Chinese art and mythology, social and political history, and a truly exotic eroticism.
作者简介 BEVERLEY JACKSON is an esteemed art and cultural historian who specializes in Chinese art and costume. She tours and lectures on Asian art from her home in Santa Barbara, California.
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In a fascinating yet gruesome account of the former practice of binding the feet of Chinese girls, Jackson details the 1,000-year history, the necessary surgery and two-year process, the shoes and embroidery, and the lore (erotic and otherwise), as well as comparisons with other cultures (e.g., the so-called giraffe women of Burma, whose necks stretch as a result of an increasing series of necklaces). Surprisingly, it's a remarkably easy piece of writing to peruse; she tells both personal and cultural stories of lotus-bud feet, beginning with her discovery of a less-than-six-inch pair of shoes in, of all places, Edinburgh. Elegant color and historical photographs give the tradition a sense of reality; a fictional character--Phoenix Treasure--opens every chapter with comments on both the practice and the changing culture. Hobbled, almost crippled at times with pain, the Han Chinese women of yore (Manchus or Hakkas would never submit to such a barbarism) are indeed worthy of our pity--and, in modern days, our respect. Barbara Jacobs

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