Author examines the now-outlawed Chinese practice of binding feet.(Originated from Knight Ridder Newspapers)Gottschalk, Mary
Footbinding became the most sexualized objectification of women in Chinese history, while creating a distinct aversion in Western observers. Despite much prurient attention to Indian and Arab women in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, western travellers simply did not see Chinese women as erotic...
Chinese Foot binding Background Information In the tenth century in China, a prince began the practice of foot binding because he loved the small 'lily feet' of his concubine. Thus traditional Chinese values for over 1000 years dictated that the feet of young girls should be bound to keep ...
The tiny feet of women who had their feet bound since childhood in China were deemed attractive, erotic, and a sure way to find a rich husband. Foot binding was painful, but practiced in old China.
for "Why Chinese Neo-Confucian Women Made a Fetish of Small Feet"This paper explores the source of the traditional practice of Chinese footbinding which first gained popularity at the end of the Tang dynasty and continued to flourish until the last half of the twentieth century.[1] Derived ...
Chinese foot binding embraced several modern principles of brace treatment. It was initiated in childhood while the foot was cartilaginous and moldable. Culturally, the practice attempted to shape the foot into a pointed lotus flower. Th... Berg,E Eugene - 《Orthopaedic Nursing》 被引量: 10发表...
InthetenthcenturyinChina,aprincebeganthepracticeoffootbindingbecausehe lovedthesmall'lilyfeet'ofhisconcubine.ThustraditionalChinesevaluesforover1000 yearsdictatedthatthefeetofyounggirlsshouldbeboundtokeepthemsmall.'Lilyfeet', astheywerecalled,werethoughttobeverydaintyandbeautifulandasymbolof ...
CHINESE FOOT BINDING CHINESE FOOT BINDING By: James A. Crites (Written 25 October 1995)Foot binding. These two words bring up images of twisted deformed feet, pain and torture. It seems that everyone has heard of foot binding. The words are self-explanatory. However, what do we really know...
[...] reaching an agreement contrary to this rule would not have made it possible to reconcile these two concerns: quite apart from the fact that all the guidelines in the Guide to Practice are only indicative and parties remain free to depart from them by (valid) agreement inter se, it...
This essay traces the evocations of the Chinese practice of foot-binding in Western political thought. I examine the changing deployments of the image: as a contrast to European freedom or as a mirror reflecting its own limitations. The bound feet not merely illustrate a lack of freedom through...