Difference between revisions of "Footbinding"

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[[File:1_footbinding.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Photo of Chinese woman with bound feet]]
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[[File:1_footbinding.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Photo of Chinese woman with bound feet]]
 
[[File:2_footbinding.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Bound feet of several wealthy Chinese women]]
 
[[File:2_footbinding.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Bound feet of several wealthy Chinese women]]
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[[File:3_footbinding.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Chinese woman with bound feet]]
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[[File:4_footbinding.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Mother & daughter compare the size of the feet]]
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[[File:5_footbinding.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Size comparison: regular size man's shoe, woman's bound feet & a teacup]]
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[[File:6_Shanghai_1900_by_Okinawa_Soba.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Chinese woman from Shanghai 1900 shows her bound feet]]
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[[File:7_shanghai.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Feet of the woman from Shanghai unwrapped and shown next to the foot of a typical woman with unbound feet.]]
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[[File:8_footbinding.jpg|300px|thumb|right|typical bound foot. The toes have been wrapped so completely under the foot that they are visible on the opposite side]]
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[[File:9_footbinding.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Another woman bares her feet]]
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[[File:10_footbinding.jpg|300px|thumb|right|close up of the prior woman's feet.]]
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[[File:11_footbinding.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Chinese woman with bound feet compared with another woman's unbound feet (she turned one foot so that the side view could be seen]]
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[[File:12_footbinding.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Not just in China. This woman is from Toronto.]]
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[[File:13_from_Frederickson_class_Fall2010.jpg|300px|thumb|right|]]
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[[File: 14_shoes_for_manchu_unbnd_ft_woman-walk_like_bound.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Example of shoes, for women whose feet were not bound, designed to help them walk like women with bound feet.]]

Revision as of 05:40, 12 April 2012

Photo of Chinese woman with bound feet
Bound feet of several wealthy Chinese women
Chinese woman with bound feet
Mother & daughter compare the size of the feet
Size comparison: regular size man's shoe, woman's bound feet & a teacup
Chinese woman from Shanghai 1900 shows her bound feet
Feet of the woman from Shanghai unwrapped and shown next to the foot of a typical woman with unbound feet.
typical bound foot. The toes have been wrapped so completely under the foot that they are visible on the opposite side
Another woman bares her feet
close up of the prior woman's feet.
Chinese woman with bound feet compared with another woman's unbound feet (she turned one foot so that the side view could be seen
Not just in China. This woman is from Toronto.
File:14 shoes for manchu unbnd ft woman-walk like bound.jpg
Example of shoes, for women whose feet were not bound, designed to help them walk like women with bound feet.