Every Step a Lotus: Shoes for Bound Feet by Dorothy Ko

Every Step a Lotus: Shoes for Bound Feet

Dorothy Ko

162 pages first pub 2001 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced

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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 chamber...

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