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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tyler Scott Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Bath Spa University 2013-05-01
Series:Transnational Literature
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Online Access:http://dspace.flinders.edu.au/xmlui/bitstream/2328/26710/1/bitstream