Footbinding and Women's Labor in Sichuan

by Hill Gates

When Chinese women bound their daughters' feet, many consequences ensued, some beyond the imagination of the binders and the bound. The most obvious of these consequences was to impress upon a small child's body and mind that girls differed from boys, thus reproducing gender hierarchy. What is not obvious is why Chinese society should have evolved such a radical method of gender-marking. Gendering is not simply preparation for reproduction, rather...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415525926
• ISBN13: 9780415525923
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"