The binds that divided : “Traditional” and Public Intellectuals’ views on foot binding in Reform China, 1890-1912

• Main Author: Ong, Huiqi
• Other Authors: Goh Geok Yian
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::History::Asia::China
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/66251
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

My essay focuses on how foot binding was utilised differently by “traditional” and public intellectuals to argue for social and political reform in 1890-1912 China. This was the period of reform and revolution, which saw the emergence of intellectual dissent and increasing prominence of intellectual...