Cinderella's sisters : a revisionist history of footbinding /

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"The history of footbinding is full of contradictions and unexpected turns. The practice originated in the dance culture of China's medieval court and spread to gentry families, brothels, maids' quarters, and peasant households. Conventional views of footbinding as patriarchal oppress...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ko, Dorothy, 1957-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2005.
Temas:
Footbinding > China.
Bandage des pieds > Chine.
Footbinding
China
age of disavowal.
beauty.
china.
chinese culture.
chinese history.
cultural nostalgia.
dance culture.
embodied lyricism.
fangzu.
fashion and clothing.
female body.
female desire.
femininity.
footbinding.
gender expectations.
gender performance.
gender studies.
high status.
historical.
history.
imaginary geography.
male desire.
male power.
male privilege.
material culture studies.
medieval court.
men and women.
patriarchal oppression.
political.
regional rivalry.
self respect.
social history.
tianzu.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. The body exposed
  • 1. Gigantic histories of the nation in the globe : the rhetoric of Tianzu, 1880s-1910s
  • 2. The body inside out : the practice of Fangzu, 1900s-1930s
  • 3. The bound foot as antique : connoisseurship in an age of disavowal, 1930s-1941
  • pt. 2. The body concealed
  • 4. From ancient texts to current customs : in search of footbinding's origins
  • 5. The erotics of place : male desires and the imaginary geography of the Northwest
  • 6. Cinderella's dreams : the burden and uses of the female body.

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