Title: Footbinding : a Jungian engagement with Chinese culture and psychology /
Authors: Ma, Shirley See Yan, 1949-
Publisher: Routledge,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Women; Jungian Theory; Beauty; Gender Identity; Foot; Sex role China.; Femininity China.; Jungian psychology.; Footbinding China.; China; China
Abstract: "In this book Shirley See Yan Ma provides a Jungian perspective on the Chinese tradition of footbinding and considers how it can be used as a metaphor for the suffering of women and the repression of the feminine, as well as a symbol for hope, creativity and spiritual transformation. Drawing on personal history, popular myths, literature, and work with clients, this book discusses how modern women feel their feet bound symbolically, as though by this ancient practice."--[book cover].
Contents: First glimpse of the Golden Lotus -- The Shang empress-fox and her feet -- The Confucian Way -- A Pearl of great price -- Xi Wang Mu : the Queen Mother of the West -- Yexian : the Chinese Cinderella -- Chiu Chin : the beheaded martyr -- Julia Ching : a journey from east to west and back again -- Ruby and her new vision -- Jade : unbinding and restoring her feet -- Reflections on footbinding and the Golden Lotus.