Unbound feet : a social history of Chinese women in San Francisco /

The crippling custom of footbinding is the thematic touchstone for this engrossing study of Chinese women in San Francisco. Judy Yung, a second-generation Chinese American born and raised in San Francisco, shows the stages of "unbinding" that occurred in the decades between the turn of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Yung, Judy
Formato: Licensed eBooks
Lenguaje:inglés
Publicado: Berkeley : University of California Press ©1995.
Acceso en línea:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.8501106
Descripción
Sumario:The crippling custom of footbinding is the thematic touchstone for this engrossing study of Chinese women in San Francisco. Judy Yung, a second-generation Chinese American born and raised in San Francisco, shows the stages of "unbinding" that occurred in the decades between the turn of the century and the end of the World War II, revealing that these women - rather than being passive victims of oppression - were active agents in the making of their own history
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 395 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-387) and index.
ISBN:9780520915350
0520915356
058520053X
9780585200538
9780520088665
0520088662
9780520088672
0520088670