Bound feet, young hands : tracking the demise of footbinding in village China / Laurel Bossen and Hill Gates.
2017
GT498.F66 B67 2017eb
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Bound feet, young hands : tracking the demise of footbinding in village China / Laurel Bossen and Hill Gates.
ISBN
9781503601079 (electronic book)
1503601072 (electronic book)
9780804799553
0804799555
1503601072 (electronic book)
9780804799553
0804799555
Published
Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2017]
Copyright
©2017
Language
English
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GT498.F66 B67 2017eb
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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.
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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.
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Questions about footbinding
Seeking answers : research methods and fieldwork
The North China Plain
Northwest China
Southwest China
Bound feet across China.
Seeking answers : research methods and fieldwork
The North China Plain
Northwest China
Southwest China
Bound feet across China.