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Essay Archive - One Thousand Years of Chinese Footbinding: Its Origins, Popularity and Demise
One Thousand Years of Chinese Footbinding: Its Origins, Popularity and
Demise
In addressing the subject of footbinding, one primary difficulty
becomes apparent - that much remains within the realm of the unknowable.
Any factual knowledge about the practice may only be drawn from 19th- and
20th-century writings, drawings or photographs. In addition, many of these
documents represent a distinctly Western point of view, as they are
primarily composed of missionary accounts and the literature of the various
anti -footbinding societies.[1] The historica....
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