The Search for the Beautiful Woman: A Cultural History of Japanese and Chinese Beauty by Cho Kyo, Kyoko Iriye Selden

The Search for the Beautiful Woman: A Cultural History of Japanese and Chinese Beauty

Cho Kyo, Kyoko Iriye Selden

287 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

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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 J...

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