"China Chic"

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This paper examines the essay, "China Chic," written by Valerie Steele and John S. Major. The paper relates that the article addresses the significance of foot binding for Chinese culture and society and traces the evolution of the practice from that of status symbol to being a symbol of backwardness. The paper focuses on the content of the article.

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"Thus, the authors suggest that the elimination of foot binding reflected the modernization of Chinese culture, its desire for social as well as economic progress and to be viewed favorably by outsiders in an age of globalization. Just as foot binding once reflected the insularity and xenophobia of Chinese culture, the backlash against foot binding today indicates social progress and change. Although sexism prevails, it also does in Western societies. Foot binding should, according to Steele and Major, be examined as one facet of Chinese history, as a means to track Chinese cultural and social development."

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