When did foot binding go out of favor? In the 19th century, toward the end of the Qing Dynasty, Western countries effectively colonized China and many Western people began to move to the country.

Foot binding, or ‘lotus feet’, was once considered the height of female sexual attraction (Picture: Alamy) Foot binding, or ‘lotus feet’, stands as a symbol of a bygone China. Alongside ...

Foot-binding was practiced for 1,000 years in China, ... "I see a lot of descriptions in Western literature that describe it as one thing, as a monolithic practice, ...

The campaign against foot-binding didn’t work immediately. But when it took hold, that thousand-year-old practice essentially vanished in a single generation. It wasn’t that the campaigners ...

JEALOUS of Western civilization and the larger life for the women of China, the ruler of that vast empire has issued an imperial edict against the binding of girls' feet.

Foot-binding dates to the Song dynasty (960-1279) and spread from court circles to wealthy elites and eventually from the city to the countryside. By the 19th century, it was commonplace across China.

Further clinical study of foot-binding is nearly impossible; the women who were girls when it was outlawed are dying out. Jo Farrell, a Hong Kong–based photographer and cultural anthropologist ...

But with the advent of foot-binding, their spiritual descendants were in the West. Meanwhile, for the next 1,000 years, Chinese women directed their energies and talents toward achieving a three ...

Foot-binding dates to the Song dynasty (960-1279) and spread from court circles to wealthy elites and eventually from the city to the countryside. By the 19th century, it was commonplace across China.