The history of footbinding is full of contradictions and unexpected turns. The practice originated in the dance culture of China's medieval court and spread to gentry families, brothels, maid's quarters, and peasant households. Conventional views of footbinding as patriarchal oppression often neglect its complex history and the incentives of the women involved. This revisionist...(展开全部)

The history of footbinding is full of contradictions and unexpected turns. The practice originated in the dance culture of China's medieval court and spread to gentry families, brothels, maid's quarters, and peasant households. Conventional views of footbinding as patriarchal oppression often neglect its complex history and the incentives of the women involved. This revisionist...(展开全部)

蓝佩嘉 美国西北大学社会学博士，现任台湾大学社会系教授。研究领域包括：性别社会学、工作社会学和移民与全球化等。曾于柏克莱大学、纽约大学、荷兰国际亚洲研究所担任访问学者，并常于《中国时报》观念平台撰写专栏。

Migrant women are the primary source of paid domestic workers around the world. Since the 1980s, the newly prosperous countries of East Asia have recruited foreign household workers at a rapidly increasing rate. Many come from the Philippines and Indonesia. Pei-Chia Lan interviewed and spent time with dozens of Filipina and Indonesian domestics working in and around Taipei as w...(展开全部)

蓝佩嘉 美国西北大学社会学博士，现任台湾大学社会系教授。研究领域包括：性别社会学、工作社会学和移民与全球化等。曾于柏克莱大学、纽约大学、荷兰国际亚洲研究所担任访问学者，并常于《中国时报》观念平台撰写专栏。

Migrant women are the primary source of paid domestic workers around the world. Since the 1980s, the newly prosperous countries of East Asia have recruited foreign household workers at a rapidly increasing rate. Many come from the Philippines and Indonesia. Pei-Chia Lan interviewed and spent time with dozens of Filipina and Indonesian domestics working in and around Taipei as w...(展开全部)