Bound Feet, Young Hands: Tracking the Demise of Footbinding in Village China by Laurel Bossen, Hill Gates

Bound Feet, Young Hands: Tracking the Demise of Footbinding in Village China

Laurel Bossen, Hill Gates

264 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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Footbinding was common in China until the early twentieth century, when most Chinese were family farmers. Why did these families bind young girls' feet? And why did footbinding stop? In this groundbreaking work, Laurel Bossen and Hill Gates upend ...

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