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

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The Search for the Beautiful Woman: A Cultural History of Japanese and Chinese Beauty - Kyo, Cho, and Selden, Kyoko Iriye (Translated by)
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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 Japan, shaved eyebrows and blackened teeth long were markers of loveliness. For centuries, Japanese culture was profoundly shaped by China, but in complex ways that are only now becoming apparent. In this first full comparative history of the subject, Cho Kyo explores changing ...

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The Search for the Beautiful Woman: A Cultural History of Japanese and Chinese Beauty 2012, Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, MD

ISBN-13: 9781442218932

Hardcover