Listen to my roommates and I dive into the history of Chinese foot binding. We explored how this tradition is represented in media and is thought about in public conciseness. We also discuss how gendered traditions like this exist in our culture today.
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Ko, Dorothy. Cinderella’s Sisters: A Revisionist History of Footbinding. 1 online resource. vols. A Philip E. Lilienthal Book in Asian Studies. Berkeley, Calif. ; University of California Press, 2007. http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=470948_0.
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