LEADER 03547nam 22006853 450 001 9910154628403321 005 20250604153205.0 010 $a9781503601079 010 $a1503601072 024 7 $a10.1515/9781503601079 035 $a(CKB)4340000000018499 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001659770 035 $a(DE-B1597)564760 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781503601079 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4749833 035 $a(OCoLC)1178769758 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4749833 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11306710 035 $a(OCoLC)965157652 035 $a(Perlego)744791 035 $a(EXLCZ)994340000000018499 100 $a20250604d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 181 $2rdacontent 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aBound feet, young hands $etracking the demise of footbinding in village China /$fLaurel Bossen and Hill Gates 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aStanford, California :$cStanford University Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource $cillustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2017. 311 08$a9780804799553 311 08$a0804799555 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tMaps, Figures, and Tables -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tChapter One. Questions About Footbinding -- $tChapter Two. Seeking Answers: Research Methods and Fieldwork -- $tChapter Three. North China Plain -- $tChapter Four. Northwest China -- $tChapter Five. Southwest China -- $tChapter Six. Bound Feet Across China -- $tAppendix A: Tables -- $tAppendix B: Equations: Logistic Regression Results -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aFootbinding was common in China until the early twentieth century, when most Chinese were family farmers. Why did these families bind young girls' feet? And why did footbinding stop? In this groundbreaking work, Laurel Bossen and Hill Gates upend the popular view of footbinding as a status, or even sexual, symbol by showing that it was an undeniably effective way to get even very young girls to sit still and work with their hands. Interviews with 1,800 elderly women, many with bound feet, reveal the reality of girls' hand labor across the North China Plain, Northwest China, and Southwest China. As binding reshaped their feet, mothers disciplined girls to spin, weave, and do other handwork because many village families depended on selling such goods. When factories eliminated the economic value of handwork, footbinding died out. As the last generation of footbound women passes away, Bound Feet, Young Hands presents a data-driven examination of the social and economic aspects of this misunderstood custom. 606 $aFootbinding$zChina 606 $aFootbinding$xEconomic aspects$zChina 606 $aRural girls$xEmployment$zChina 606 $aRural women$xEmployment$zChina 606 $aChina$xRural conditions 615 0$aFootbinding 615 0$aFootbinding$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aRural girls$xEmployment 615 0$aRural women$xEmployment 615 0$aChina$xRural conditions. 676 $a391.4/130951 700 $aBossen$b Laurel$f1945-$01835921 702 $aGates$b Hill 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910154628403321 996 $aBound feet, young hands$94413468 997 $aUNINA