Foot binding

 

Cartwright, Mark. “Foot-Binding.” Ancient History Encyclopedia, Ancient History Encyclopedia, 19 Mar. 2019, www.ancient.eu/Foot-Binding/.

 

Foreman, Amanda. “Why Footbinding Persisted in China for a Millennium.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 1 Feb. 2015, www.smithsonianmag.com/history/why-footbinding-persisted-china-millennium-180953971/.

 

Lim, Louisa. “Painful Memories for China's Footbinding Survivors.” NPR, NPR, 19 Mar. 2007, www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=8966942.

 

Lim, Louisa. “Painful Memories for China's Footbinding Survivors.” NPR, NPR, 19 Mar. 2007, www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=8966942.

 

“Signs.” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/494917?journalCode=signs.

 

“The Golden Lotus: A History of Foot Binding.” CommonLit, www.commonlit.org/en/texts/the-golden-lotus-a-history-of-foot-binding.

 

“The History of Foot Binding in China.” Vision Times, 30 Dec. 2017, www.visiontimes.com/2017/12/29/the-history-of-foot-binding-in-china.html.

 

“The ‘Golden Lotuses’: Bound Feet.” HKMJ, www.hkmj.org/abstracts/v22n1/90.htm.

​

 Concubines

 

“CHINA: Mistresses – An Exramarital Affair to Remember.” Asia Media, 11 Dec. 2015, asiamedia.lmu.edu/2015/02/26/china-mistresses-an-exramarital-affair-to-remember/.

 

Gillan, Joanna. “The Secret Life of an Ancient Concubine.” Ancient Origins, Ancient Origins, 9 Mar. 2019, www.ancient-origins.net/human-origins-religions/secret-life-ancient-concubine-001301.

 

Hays, Jeffrey. “CONCUBINES AND MISSTRESSES IN CHINA.” Facts and Details, factsanddetails.com/china/cat4/sub20/item108.html.

 

Hong, Brendon. “China's Concubine Culture Lives On in Mistress Villages.” The Daily Beast, The Daily Beast Company, 14 Apr. 2014, www.thedailybeast.com/chinas-concubine-culture-lives-on-in-mistress-villages.

 

Parkes, Veronica. “The Ming Dynasty Concubines: A Life of Abuse, Torture and Murder for Thousands of Women.” Ancient Origins, Ancient Origins, 2 July 2018, www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/ming-dynasty-concubines-life-abuse-torture-and-murder-thousands-women-007965.

​

Life as an Elite Concubine

​

“Top Four Beauties of Ancient China.” China International Travel Service, www.cits.net/china-travel-guide/top-four-beauties-of-ancient-china.html.

 

“Wang Zhaojun: 'Beauty' of Peace.” Www.theepochtimes.com, 27 July 2015, www.theepochtimes.com/wang-zhaojun-beauty-of-peace_1069045.html.

 

Album, Photograph by. “Cixi, the Controversial Concubine Who Became Queen, Led China into the Modern Age.” Cixi, the Controversial Empress Dowager Who Modernized China, 6 Mar. 2019, www.nationalgeographic.com/archaeology-and-history/magazine/2016/11-12/profiles-china-empress-dowager-cixi-emperor-guangxu/.

 

"Wu Zetian." Ancient History Encyclopedia, 17 March 2016, https://www.ancient.eu/Wu_Zetian/.

​

Modern Day Examples

"Going under the knife in China's plastic surgery stampede." Medical X Press, https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-09-knife-china-plastic-surgery-stampede.html 

 

"A Look Inside Shenzhen's Mistress Villages." Guangzhao Stuff, 15 March 2012, http://www.gzstuff.com/profiles/blogs/a-look-inside-shenzhen-s-mistress-villages 

​

Li, Shuting, "CHINA: MISTRESSES – AN EXRAMARITAL AFFAIR TO REMEMBER." Asia Media International, 26 Feb 2015, https://asiamedia.lmu.edu/2015/02/26/china-mistresses-an-exramarital-affair-to-remember/ .

​

"The Dangers of High Heel Shoes." 14 Sept. 2014, Almalwi Limited the Holistic Clinic, https://almawiclinic.com/2015/09/14/the-dangers-of-high-heel-shoes/. 

​