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Shirley See Yan Ma has written: 'Footbinding' -- subject(s): Sex role, Femininity, Jungian psychology, Footbinding 'Footbinding' -- subject(s): Sex role, Femininity, Jungian psychology, Footbinding
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China
Footbinding started because kns wanted all of his dacers to have small feet. So they stated very early with foobinding.They started at age 5. Suprising I know.
Jicai Feng has written: 'San cun jin lian' -- subject(s): Footbinding, Fiction
i dont think you can. your feet are one of the body parts that grow throughout your lifetime unless you want to try footbinding ;)
The purpose of footbinding (which continues today) was described as the "only way to find a husband", people without footbinding are considered unrefined, brunt, and a freak of nature. Upper class could not even think of finding a match without bound feet, a girl who rejects the ceremony is guranteed a life of slavery.
Footbinding had profound and long-lasting effects on women's lives in China. It caused extreme physical pain and lifelong disability, limited women's mobility and independence, and reinforced oppressive gender norms and beauty standards. Additionally, it marginalized women socially and economically, as those with bound feet were often seen as more desirable for marriage but less capable of working outside the home.
Snow flower and the secret fan is about a Chinese girls life from the 19th century and she has a pen pall and they write back and forth throughout their lives. footbinding, maridge...etc.
The great majority worked in the fields in very old China. Women had more freedom in certain dynasties (like the Tang) than they would have later, when footbinding was becoming more widespread.
Folker Reichert has written: 'Die Reise des Pfalzgrafen Ottheinrich zum Heiligen Land 1521' -- subject(s): Travel, Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages 'Goldlilien' -- subject(s): History, Footbinding, Women
Since the ancient Chinese dynasties' civiliazations were patriarchal, men would do all the hard labor while women were reduced to being housewives. Heck men could be the mandate of heaven if they had the right connections. While women could only cripple themselves from footbinding