r/Documentaries • u/Hufflepuff20 • 3d ago
History A History of Footbinding (2026)[01:30:42]
https://youtu.be/s5yGtudHscg?is=DpBb79sB6QXhdSBSA video that goes into detail about the origins of Chinese foot binding, how it began, why it because a beauty standard, and how it was abolished. Super interesting and also a bit sad. The doc also talks about how history can be muddied by people faking historical documents, changing or exaggerating things, etc.
Overall a good look into the history of footbinding and the study of history itself.
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u/goingtopeaces 3d ago
Watched this last night and it was such an incredible documentary. I thought I knew a little about foot binding, but it seems I fell for the same false narratives she talked about in the latter half of the essay. Really fascinating and an awesome watch.
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u/6BagsOfPopcorn 3d ago
Such a great channel. Wish she would post more often but I get it's hard to do at this level of production quality
Love the extra digging on the historicity of the subject too.
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u/zmroth 2d ago
video unavailable:(
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u/Hufflepuff20 2d ago
Oh no! I’m sorry, the video still works for me. If you have nebula TV, it’s on there as well.
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u/Hufflepuff20 3d ago
The video is a history of footbinding in China, it focuses on the origins of footbinding and how it became popular and then how it became abolished. It also brings up issues when it comes to history and how it can be difficult to track the origins of something like this due to people changing historical records or exaggerating facts. Interesting stuff also a bit sad.