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Footbinding as fashion : ethnicity, labor, and status in traditional China / John Robert Shepherd

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Shepherd, John Robert
Published
Seattle, Washington : University of Washington Press, [2018]
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First edition.
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1 online resource (xxii, 252 pages)
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Contents
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.
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9780295744421 electronic book
0295744421 electronic book
9780295744414 hardcover ; acid free paper
9780295744407
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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