Foot-Binding in Neo-Confucian China and the Appropriation of Female Labor

Foot-Binding in Neo-Confucian China and the Appropriation of Female Labor

Interprets foot-binding in Neo-Confucian China as a voluntary ordeal undertaken by mothers to inform their daughters of how to succeed in a world authored by men. The ordeal entailed an exchange between mothers and daughters on many levels.

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Veröffentlicht in:Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 1994-04, Vol.19 (3), p.676-712
1. Verfasser: Blake, C. Fred
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Appropriation
Capitalism
China
China, People's Republic of
Chinese culture
Confucianism
Cultural practices
Culture (foot binding)
Daughters
Ethnology
Family. Family relations
Fathers
Femininity
Footbinding
Labor
Labour force
Men
Mothers
Neo-Confucian era
Parents
Social history
Social structure and social relations
Sons
Woman status
Women
Women workers
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Zusammenfassung:Interprets foot-binding in Neo-Confucian China as a voluntary ordeal undertaken by mothers to inform their daughters of how to succeed in a world authored by men. The ordeal entailed an exchange between mothers and daughters on many levels.
ISSN:0097-9740
1545-6943
DOI:10.1086/494917