In this lively and colorful book of popular history, journalist Betsy Israel shines a light on the old stereotypes that have stigmatized single women for years and celebrates their resourceful sense of spirit, enterprise, and unlimited success in...
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Footbinding for women on China was a curious, painful custom that deformed the foot and kept it from growing more than a few inches in length. This practice may have begun in the tenth century as a whim of the Imperial court; by the twelfth century,...
Раков Вячеслав Михайлович
(31.10.53, Пермь), историк, культуролог, поэт. Специалист по западноевропейскому Возрождению, автор монографии...
Предисловие, составление, перевод и примечания С. А. Ромашко
Редактор Ю. А. Здоровов Художник Е. А. Михельсон
© Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1972- 1992
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