This beguiling story is woven around the life of Fragrant Lotus, who has her feet bound in the supreme Golden Lotus style when she is six years old. Events in F

A poor girl rises to high social status in China because of her unusually small feet. When her position is threatened by reformers out to abolish foot-binding s

This beguiling story is woven around the life of Fragrant Lotus, who has her feet bound in the supreme Golden Lotus style when she is six years old. Events in F

Footbinding is widely condemned as perverse & as symbolic of male domination over women. This study offers a more complex explanation of a thousand year practic

A well-written and beautifully illustrated book on foot binding and the exquisite shoes designed for the tiny feet.