Bound feet, young hands : tracking the demise of footbinding in village China /

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 showi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Bossen, Laurel, 1945- (Autor), Gates, Hill (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2017]
Temas:
Footbinding > China.
Footbinding > Economic aspects > China.
Rural girls > Employment > China.
Rural women > Employment > China.
Handicraft industries > China.
Rural girls > China > Social life and customs.
Rural women > China > Social life and customs.
Bandage des pieds > Chine.
Bandage des pieds > Aspect économique > Chine.
Femmes en milieu rural > Travail > Chine.
Entreprises artisanales > Chine.
Femmes en milieu rural > Chine > Mœurs et coutumes.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Beauty & Grooming.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Women's Studies.
Footbinding
Footbinding > Economic aspects
Handicraft industries
Rural conditions
Rural girls > Employment
Rural girls > Social life and customs
Rural women > Employment
Rural women > Social life and customs
Frau
Mädchen
Fußbinden
Arbeitsbedingungen
Schuh
Ländlicher Raum
China > Rural conditions.
China
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Questions about footbinding
  • Seeking answers : research methods and fieldwork
  • The North China Plain
  • Northwest China
  • Southwest China
  • Bound feet across China.

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