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...
InthetenthcenturyinChina,aprincebeganthepracticeoffootbindingbecausehe lovedthesmall'lilyfeet'ofhisconcubine.ThustraditionalChinesevaluesforover1000 yearsdictatedthatthefeetofyounggirlsshouldbeboundtokeepthemsmall.'Lilyfeet', astheywerecalled,werethoughttobeverydaintyandbeautifulandasymbolof ...
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 findings will not only enrich our knowledge of the footbinding practice in ancient China but also shed light on how this gender-biased custom might have compromised health and quality of life for women. Additionally, the findings will show how footbinding may have determined opportunities to ...
With plenty of English, this fascinating museum covers the thousand-year history of female foot-binding in China with examples of the shoes that constituted (as captions in the museum attest to) the Golden Lotus (3in foot) complex that was the freakish mentality of the males at ...
The nationalist revolution sparked the flame that was to destroy foot binding for good. The practice slowed down considerably from there. In 1911 after the revolution of Sun Yat-Sen, foot binding officially ended aside from a handful of women living in the countryside (Chinese Girl 2). ...
The initiators of the Taiping Rebellion tried to ban foot binding, but the practice was still continued well into the twentieth century. Today, it the foot binding is seldom practiced. But many of China’s older women still suffer from the pain of their disability. ...
CHINESE FOOT BINDING CHINESE FOOT BINDING By James A. Crites Written 25 October 1995 Foot binding. These two words bring up images of twisted deed feet, pain and torture. It seems that everyone has he,蚂蚁文库
No fractures were noted, but these images did reveal prominent pes cavus deformities and foreshortening of the feet, consistent with foot binding as a child. The radiographic findings associated with foot binding are described and other associated health consequences are discussed....