Bound feet, young hands : tracking the demise of footbinding in village China / Laurel Bossen and Hill Gates.
Bossen, Laurel, 1945- author.; Gates, Hill, author.
2017
GT498.F66 B67 2017eb
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Title Bound feet, young hands : tracking the demise of footbinding in village China / Laurel Bossen and Hill Gates.
Author Bossen, Laurel, 1945- author.
ISBN 9781503601079 (electronic book)
1503601072 (electronic book)
9780804799553
0804799555
Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2017]
Copyright ©2017
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Call Number GT498.F66 B67 2017eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 391.4/130951
Summary 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.
Note 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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