The search for the beautiful woman : a cultural history of Japanese and Chinese beauty /
While a slender body is a prerequisite for beauty today, plump women were considered ideal in Tang Dynasty China and Heian-period Japan. Starting around the Southern Song period in China, bound feet symbolized the attractiveness of women. But in Japan, shaved eyebrows and blackened teeth long were m...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Japanese |
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Lanham, Md. :
Rowman & Littlefield,
[2012]
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| Series: | Asia/Pacific/perspectives.
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University Library Main Stacks, Lower Level
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HQ1220.J3 C5313 2012
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