@article{1355729,
      recid = {1355729},
      author = {Joani, Tang Yuen Mei. and Tely, Fung Wing.},
      title = {Chinese foot binding the vanishing lotus / [electronic  resource] :},
      publisher = {Filmakers Library,},
      address = {New York, NY :},
      pages = {1 online resource (53 min.).},
      year = {2004},
      note = {Originally released as DVD.},
      abstract = {A pair of small feet -- three-inch golden lilies -- were  once the male-designated yardstick for feminine beauty in  China. A young girl s feet were broken and bound inwards  along the instep, a process that caused excruciating pain.  Systematically bound, day after day, the stunted feet began  to take on the coveted look of that profoundly sensuous  image, the lotus bulb. Today there are fewer than 400 women  with bound feet among the 1.25 billion people of China.  Most of them are over 80 years old. Some of these women  tell us of the event that branded their lives with its  singular mark. Once an erotic symbol of beauty and  eligibility, the bound foot confronts us with a custom that  subjugated women to a brutal beauty myth.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1355729},
}