Splendid Slippers
Subtitle: A Thousand Years of an Erotic Tradition
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Published: January 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780898159578
Subjects: Asian / Middle Eastern history; Costume; Cultural studies; Oriental art; Textile arts; Sociology; Footbinding; Dress And Costume; Social Science; Social conditions; China; History; Anthropology - Cultural; Asia - China; Customs & Traditions; Chinese; Women; Foot; Social aspects
First sentence: The colorful procession moved slowly through the swirling, choking dust from the Gobi desert as it approached the massive walls of Peking.