Evke Rulffes: Eingeschnürt
On October 20 at 6 p.m., Evke Rulffes will present her new book “Eingeschnürt. Wie der weibliche Körper in Form gebracht wurde” at TA T. The book is based on research conducted for the exhibition unBinding Bodies.
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unBinding Bodies. Lotus Shoes and Corset
For a thousand years, Chinese girls had their feet bound to keep them as small as possible. Europeans looked at this ideal of beauty with a mixture of fascination and astonishment. The exhibition shows these sensitive things against the background of social, colonial and medical history.