Footbinding as fashion : ethnicity, labor, and status in traditional China /

Shepherd, John Robert,

Footbinding as fashion : ethnicity, labor, and status in traditional China / John Robert Shepherd. - First edition. - Seattle, Washington : University of Washington Press, (c)2018. - 1 online resource (xxii, 252 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

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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Footbinding--History.--China
Women--Employment--China.
Women--Social conditions.--China


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GT498 / .F668 2018