Footbinding

2010/01/01 by Dorothy Ko · 1 citation
Engineering · Arts and Humanities · Medicine · #Metal Forming Simulation Techniques #linguistics and terminology studies #Surgical Sutures and Adhesives

paper · doi:10.5040/9781474264716.0007549

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Abstract

Footbinding was specific to and unique to traditional Chinese culture. Its various names conveyed its multifaceted image in Chinese eyes: chanzu (binding feet) called attention to the mundane action of swaddling the body with a piece of cloth; gongwan (curved arch) described a desired shape of the f

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