TY - GEN N2 - Footbinding was common in China until the early 20th century, when most Chinese were family farmers. Why did these families bind young girls' feet? And why did footbinding stop? Here, Laurel Bossen and Hill Gates upend the popular view of footbinding as a status, or even sexual, symbol by showing that it was an undeniably effective way to get even very young girls to sit still and work with their hands. AB - Footbinding was common in China until the early 20th century, when most Chinese were family farmers. Why did these families bind young girls' feet? And why did footbinding stop? Here, Laurel Bossen and Hill Gates upend the popular view of footbinding as a status, or even sexual, symbol by showing that it was an undeniably effective way to get even very young girls to sit still and work with their hands. T1 - Bound feet, young hands :tracking the demise of footbinding in village China / AU - Bossen, Laurel, AU - Gates, Hill, CN - EBSCOhost CN - GT498.F66 ID - 812448 KW - Footbinding KW - Footbinding KW - Rural girls KW - Rural women KW - Handicraft industries KW - Rural girls KW - Rural women SN - 9781503601079 SN - 1503601072 TI - Bound feet, young hands :tracking the demise of footbinding in village China / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1428845 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=1428845 ER -