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Cinderella Sisters A Revisionist History of Footbinding Dorothy Ko Books

An insightful and extremely well-written book on a very difficult topic. Here, Dorothy Ko suggests that by merely condemning the practice of footbinding, we risk essentializing and ignoring that footbinding was a reality for many woman over several centuries. Instead, she looks at footbinding as a varied and changing practice, using several angles and historical periods to examine ow footbinding has been written about and understood in myriad ways.


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Cinderella Sisters A Revisionist History of Footbinding Dorothy Ko Books Reviews

It's totally new! The condition is "very good" but I will say it's "totally new"! The best condition ever! Thanks )
arrived excellent condition, i have no complaints
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Too "academic" for me. Written too much like a textbook. Found it difficult to read. Personally found it boring and uninteresting. Already donated to local library. Wasted my money on this one. Sorry.
This book was suppose to be a school project but I was stunned,educated and entertained at how informative Dorothy was in educating her readers on the extent on which beauty was measured in this culture. It made me realise how in almost every country is measured in so many different ways
This study is by a Barnard College professor that I heard lecture at the China Institute in New York City. The traditional Chinese cultural custom of deforming women's feet to make them smaller, resulting in pain, deformity, and disability, is no longer practiced. But it is a complex and controversial subject involving, among other things, sex, social status, and feminism. For me the value of this book is the author's focus on the perspectives of women who experienced, continued, and even promoted the practice, highlighting their views on it's costs and benefits. It's a useful counterpoint and a rich resource.
I love this book, BUT... its not a "fun read" it doesn't have lots of color pictures, and honestly it could have used a bit better narrative structure. So, basically its a textbook. It primarily talks about how foot binding was viewed, by various people at various times...

It is also organized from "more recent" to "further past" so each chapter has you going backward in time. it takes a bit of getting used to.

That said? primary source documentations are cited, lots of references i could never have found otherwise, and pretty accurate translations (and notations where the translation is unsure). IF you are looking for this kind of information.. this is your book

otherwise? if you want lots of color pictures, and embroidery close ups, and a bit of the history, you will find Splendid Slippers A Thousand Years of an Erotic Tradition more to your taste.
An insightful and extremely well-written book on a very difficult topic. Here, Dorothy Ko suggests that by merely condemning the practice of footbinding, we risk essentializing and ignoring that footbinding was a reality for many woman over several centuries. Instead, she looks at footbinding as a varied and changing practice, using several angles and historical periods to examine ow footbinding has been written about and understood in myriad ways.