Cinderella's Lessons on Footbinding: How Tiny Feet Found their Way into the Chinese Cinderella Story
The story of Cinderella has had many variants, some dating back to ancient Tibetan trade routes and dynastic China. When the tale is analysed in comparison to other variants it is found that in the Chinese version Yeh-Shen (Cinderella) is prized for the small size of her feet. The result of Yeh-Shen...
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Language: | English |
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Bath Spa University
2013-05-01
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Series: | Transnational Literature |
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Online Access: | http://dspace.flinders.edu.au/xmlui/bitstream/2328/26710/1/bitstream |