Unbound Feet A Social History of Chinese Women in San Francisco

Name: Unbound Feet A Social History of Chinese Women in San Francisco
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ISBN: 9780520088672

ISBN-10: 0520088670

ISBN-13: 9780520088672

Edition: 1996

Authors: Judy Yung

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The crippling custom of footbinding is the thematic touchstone for Judy Yung's engrossing study of Chinese American women during the first half of the twentieth century. Using this symbol of subjugation to examine social change in the lives of these women, she shows the stages of "unbinding" that occurred in the decades between the turn of the century and the end of World War II. The setting for this captivating history is San Francisco, which had the largest Chinese population in the United States. Yung, a second-generation Chinese American born and raised in San Francisco, uses an impressive range of sources to tell her story. Oral history interviews, previously unknown autobiographies,…

Book details

List price: $33.95
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 11/15/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 395
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English



Terminology and Transliterations


Acknowledgments


Introduction



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


Epilogue


Appendix


Notes


Glossary


Bibliography


Index