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Body Art - Footbinding
Contains a brief history and first-hand accounts.
www.austmus.gov.au/bodyart/shaping/footbinding.htm
Chinese Foot Binding
Page from the Museum of the City of San Francisco. Contains photo and information from a UCSF study.
www.sfmuseum.org/chin/foot.html
Golden Lilies
Article on foot binding. Contains photos.
starbulletin.com/98/03/10/features/story1.html
Golden Lotus
Discusses the craft of making bound-foot slippers.
www.kowloontraders.com/jan98.html
Jim's Chinese Foot Binding Page
Essay on foot binding.
www.angelfire.com/ca/beekeeper/foot.html
One Thousand Years of Chinese Footbinding: Its Origins, Popularity and Demise
Written by Marie Vento. Includes photos and bibliography.
academic.brooklyn.cuny.edu/core9/phalsall/studpages/vento.html
San Tsun Gin Lian
Discusses the symbolization and origins of the practice.
www.csuchico.edu/~cheinz/syllabi/asst001/spring99/wise
Splendid Slippers: A Thousand Years of an Erotic Tradition
History of footbinding: the tradition of Chinese women binding their feet to 3 or 4 inches toe to heel.
www.silcom.com/~bevjack

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