Unbound feet : a social history of Chinese women in San Francisco / Judy Yung.
1995
F869.S39 C595 1995 (Mapit)
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Title
Unbound feet : a social history of Chinese women in San Francisco / Judy Yung.
Author
Yung, Judy.
ISBN
0520088662 (alk. paper)
9780520088665 (alk. paper)
0520088670 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780520088672 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780520088665 (alk. paper)
0520088670 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780520088672 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Imprint
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1995.
Language
English
Description
xiv, 395 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Number
F869.S39 C595 1995
Alternate Call Number
71.37
Dewey Decimal Classification
979.4/61004951
Summary
The crippling custom of footbinding is the thematic touchstone for this engrossing study of Chinese women in San Francisco. Judy Yung, a second-generation Chinese American born and raised in San Francisco, shows the stages of "unbinding" that occurred in the decades between the turn of the century and the end of the World War II, revealing that these women - rather than being passive victims of oppression - were active agents in the making of their own history.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-387) and index.
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Table of Contents
Bound feet: Chinese women in the nineteenth century
Unbound feet: Chinese immigrant women, 1902-1929
First steps: the second generation, 1920s
Long strides: the Great Depression, 1930s
In step: the war years, 1931-1945.
Unbound feet: Chinese immigrant women, 1902-1929
First steps: the second generation, 1920s
Long strides: the Great Depression, 1930s
In step: the war years, 1931-1945.