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

By: Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c1995.Description: xiv, 395 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0520088662 (alk. paper)
  • 9780520088665 (alk. paper)
  • 0520088670 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780520088672 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 979.4/61004951 20
LOC classification:
  • F869.S39 C595 1995
Contents:
Bound feet: Chinese women in the nineteenth century -- Unbound feet: Chinese immigrant women, 1902-1929 -- First steps: the second generation, 1920s -- Long strides: the Great Depression, 1930s -- In step: the war years, 1931-1945.
Summary: 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.
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Books Books The Anton Library of Chinese Studies General Stacks F869.S39 C595 1995 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available TBC00012119

Includes bibliographical references (p. 365-387) and index.

Bound feet: Chinese women in the nineteenth century -- Unbound feet: Chinese immigrant women, 1902-1929 -- First steps: the second generation, 1920s -- Long strides: the Great Depression, 1930s -- In step: the war years, 1931-1945.

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.

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