LibGuides: Sociology 161: Gender Socialization & Fashion: Foot Binding / Lotus shoes

Foot Binding/ Lotus shoes

Foot Binding/Lotus Shoes

Footbinding
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Foot Binding and Lotus Shoes
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Painful Memories for China's Footbinding Survivors
Includes Audio (5:54)

Taiwan: Bound Feet Women (2:43)

Lotus Shoes

red embroidered Lotus Shoe with ruler-5 inches long

Lotus Shoes with Ruler

Lotus Shoes, Stanford University Libraries Special Collections, 2008

Bottom View of Red Lotus Shoes

Bottom View of Red Lotus Shoes with dime for reference

Embroidered Lotus Shoes, 18th Century

Lotus Shoes: Stories between Stitches exhibit, Tang Teaching Museum, 2022.

Comparison of the bone structure of a normal foot and a bound foot

Preskar, Peter. The Disturbing Tradition of Foot Binding In China. History of Yesterday, https://historyofyesterday.com/foot-binding-in-china-10c676470d1