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Œuvres de Fan Hong
Footbinding, feminism, and freedom : the liberation of women's bodies in modern China (1997) 12 exemplaires
Sport, Nationalism and Orientalism: The Asian Games (Sport in the Global Society) (2006) 3 exemplaires
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Hong does not go so far as to say that physical education was the only factor, or even the dominant factor, in women’s improved status in society. She spends a great deal of time discussing other changes in China caused by its blatant weakness in the face of western powers and Japan. She argues that physical education was only one aspect of those changes and yet it was the one most directly influential on women’s physical independence in general and footbinding in specific. She gives nearly full credit to western missionaries for the introduction of a competitive physical education program. She largely leaves Japanese influence out of the equation. This omission is understandable because the Japanese programs did not have a high emphasis on women. Still, it is curious that the Chinese based their physical education program in schools on the Japanese model, even if the Chinese model involved women more.… (plus d'informations)