Footbinding as Fashion : Ethnicity, Labor, and Status in Traditional China /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shepherd, John Robert (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle, Washington : University of Washington Press, [2018]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Women > Social conditions.
Women > Employment.
Footbinding.
HISTORY / Asia / China
HEALTH & FITNESS / Beauty & Grooming.
Femmes > Chine > Conditions sociales.
Bandage des pieds > Chine > Histoire.
Women > China > Social conditions.
Women > Employment > China.
Footbinding > China > History.
China.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Seeking status, avoiding shame
  • Chapter 1. The Qing conquest and footbinding
  • Chapter 2. The Taiwan Census of 1905
  • Chapter 3. The 1915 Prohibition
  • Chapter 4. Footbinding for marriage
  • Chapter 5. Regional variations among the Hoklo Fujianese
  • Chapter 6. Women's labor in agriculture
  • Chapter 7. Women's labor in handicrafts
  • Chapter 8. Banner women and civilian women in the Northeast
  • Conclusion: The tyranny of fashion
  • Notes
  • Chinese character glossary.

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