Chinese Footbinding: The History of a Curious Erotic Custom |
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anti-footbinding bamboo bandage beauty became become big toe bind their feet binding cloth bones bound feet bound-foot bowed shoes bride caused century Cheng Chien Chia Shen China Chinese Chu Hsi concubine custom daughters dynasty Fang Hsün feel feet bound felt feminine Feng Yü-hsiang flesh footbinding footbound Fukien golden lotus grasped heel husband instep Jade Japanese ladies large-footed legs Li Ju-chen Lin Yutang looked Lotus World lotuses Lukang male Manchu Ming mother Nagao natural feet natural-foot society night official pain pair palace palm Peking pelvis pigtails placed plantar play prostitutes red shoes remove the bindings rubbed sexual Shanghai Shansi Shih Shih-chung sleeping shoes slender small feet socks soft suffered Sung Sung dynasty T'ang Taiwan Taiwanese three-inch Tientsin tightly tiny feet tiny foot tiny shoes tiny-footed tion village walk washed wearing wedding wife woman women Yao Ling-hsi Yüan