Title Bound feet, young hands : tracking the demise of footbinding in village China / Laurel Bossen and Hill Gates

Published Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2017] ©2017

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Description 1 online resource Contents Questions about footbinding -- Seeking answers : research methods and fieldwork -- The North China Plain -- Northwest China -- Southwest China -- Bound feet across China 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 2, 2016) Subject 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 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 SUBJECT China -- Rural conditions Subject China China Form Electronic book Author Gates, Hill, author. ISBN 9781503601079 1503601072

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