將纏足打造成一個同質性的課題，同時又摒棄其他競爭性的觀點，一律蔑視為「封建」，此乃現代反纏足運動最不朽的「功績」。撰寫一部真實的纏足史所遭遇的難題，部分就是源自這種現代的偏見：我們習於只從反纏足觀點來觀看纏足。為了探求那些被淹沒的聲音，為之撰寫一部另類的歷史，作者不得不抗拒一概而論的衝動、過度簡化的傾向，以及道德主義的口吻──正是這些衝動、傾向和口吻，綁架了我們當前所理解的纏足史。作者努力嘗試從各種局部觀點、前後矛盾的文字、與時代脫節或被時代遺忘的人們，以及常常難以自圓其說的零碎故事中，拼湊出一部歷史。 本書的結構，一開始先鎖定在纏足這項社會實踐「行將消逝」的現代，然後才回溯到傳統時代，最後止於它在文化聲望和情欲訴求方面，都達到極盛的明清時期。之所以採取這種歷史倒敘手法，乃是因為當前我們有關纏足的知識，就像書中第一部分所指出的，幾乎全然來自反纏足運動...(展开全部)

將纏足打造成一個同質性的課題，同時又摒棄其他競爭性的觀點，一律蔑視為「封建」，此乃現代反纏足運動最不朽的「功績」。撰寫一部真實的纏足史所遭遇的難題，部分就是源自這種現代的偏見：我們習於只從反纏足觀點來觀看纏足。為了探求那些被淹沒的聲音，為之撰寫一部另類的歷史，作者不得不抗拒一概而論的衝動、過度簡化的傾向，以及道德主義的口吻──正是這些衝動、傾向和口吻，綁架了我們當前所理解的纏足史。作者努力嘗試從各種局部觀點、前後矛盾的文字、與時代脫節或被時代遺忘的人們，以及常常難以自圓其說的零碎故事中，拼湊出一部歷史。 本書的結構，一開始先鎖定在纏足這項社會實踐「行將消逝」的現代，然後才回溯到傳統時代，最後止於它在文化聲望和情欲訴求方面，都達到極盛的明清時期。之所以採取這種歷史倒敘手法，乃是因為當前我們有關纏足的知識，就像書中第一部分所指出的，幾乎全然來自反纏足運動...(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)

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 true story of four sisters born between 1907 and 1914 in China, Four Sisters of Hofei is an intimate encounter with history. The Chang sisters lived through a period of astounding change and into the twenty-first century. Unusual opportunities and an extraordinary family education launched them into varied worlds -- those of the theater, modern literature, classical studi...(展开全部)

From its earliest incarnations 7,000 years ago to the megalopolises of today, the story of the city is the story of civilisation. Although cities have only ever been inhabited by a tiny minority of humanity, the heat they generate has sparked most of our political, social, commercial, scientific and artistic revolutions. It is these world-changing, epoch-defining moments that a...(展开全部)

A global history of historical writing, thought and the development of the historical discipline from the ancient world to the present. This is a definitive guide to human efforts to recover, understand and represent the past, bringing together different historical traditions and their social, economic, political and cultural contexts. Daniel Woolf offers clear definitions of d...(展开全部)

A global history of historical writing, thought and the development of the historical discipline from the ancient world to the present. This is a definitive guide to human efforts to recover, understand and represent the past, bringing together different historical traditions and their social, economic, political and cultural contexts. Daniel Woolf offers clear definitions of d...(展开全部)

An authoritative history of art history from its medieval origins to its modern predicaments In this wide-ranging and authoritative book, the first of its kind in English, Christopher Wood tracks the evolution of the historical study of art from the late middle ages through the rise of the modern scholarly discipline of art history. Synthesizing and assessing a vast array of wr...(展开全部)

An authoritative history of art history from its medieval origins to its modern predicaments In this wide-ranging and authoritative book, the first of its kind in English, Christopher Wood tracks the evolution of the historical study of art from the late middle ages through the rise of the modern scholarly discipline of art history. Synthesizing and assessing a vast array of wr...(展开全部)