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Lotus Feet and Light Labour: Stories of Footbinding in China

Footbinding – the practice of binding the feet of women and girls existed in China for around 1,000 years.  While footbinding is still understood by many as a cultural standard of beauty undertaken purely for aesthetic purposes, there are other interesting theories

13 May 202115 May 2021

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