Foot binding and physical education: the development of female physical education in Taiwan schools during the early years of Japanese rule (1895–1915)

2012/04/01 by Hsiang Pin Chin · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Beijing #China #Colonial rule #Colonialism #Foot (prosody) #Gender studies #Government (linguistics) #Law #Mainland China #Martial Arts: Techniques, Psychology, and Education #Pedagogy #Physical education #Political science #Sociology #Sports, Gender, and Society

paper · doi:10.1080/21640629.2012.681861

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Abstract

This paper examines the correlation between foot binding and physical education in relation to the development of female physical education in Taiwan schools. Before the Japanese colonial government banned the custom of foot binding in 1915, female students had already made progress in terms of walking, running, and jumping in spite of the difficulties created by foot binding. However, Taiwanese women were able to further increase their participation in sport because of the bound-foot liberation movement and the fact that the Japanese authorities were able to change Taiwanese women's body culture so successfully.1 1. This essay employs the Pinyin Romanization system used in mainland China. References originally written in Japanese are presented according to the Hepburn system.

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