Footbinding as Fashion: Ethnicity, Labor, and Status in Traditional China by John Robert Shepherd

Footbinding as Fashion: Ethnicity, Labor, and Status in Traditional China

John Robert Shepherd

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Previous studies of the practice of footbinding in imperial China have theorized that it expressed ethnic identity or that it served an economic function. By analyzing the popularity of footbinding in different places and times, Footbinding as Fas...

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