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

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
Autor principal: Bossen, Laurel, 1945- (-)
Otros Autores: Gates, Hill
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press [2017]
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b37675552*spi
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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