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.