Sir William Flower
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Analogous to this compression of the head is the crippling by bandages of the feet of Chinese female infants, which is described in some detail. But the author is of opinion that European nations are scarcely less to blame in the matter of distorting the feet for the sake of fashion ; and pointed-toed and high-heeled boots and shoes come in for his most severe condemnation. Neither, as mentioned in the first chapter, was he less scathing in his diatribes against the corset and tight-lacing. Tha...t the last-mentioned article of female attire is likewise charged in certain instances with being the inducing cause of cancer was however probably un- known to him.
That these strictures against the prevalent fashions of our own days had little or no practical result (certainly none in the case of the female sex), may be taken for LIFE OF FLOWER 171 granted. The work has, however, a very considerable amount of interest as illustrating a number of instances of the manner in which uncivilised nations modify and mutilate various parts of the body for the sake of what they are pleased to regard as ornament, or fashion ; and is therefore a valuable contribution to ethnology.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Analogous to this compression of the head is the crippling by bandages of the feet of Chinese female infants, which is described in some detail. But the author is of opinion that European nations are scarcely less to blame in the matter of distorting the feet for the sake of fashion ; and pointed-toed and high-heeled boots and shoes come in for his most severe condemnation. Neither, as mentioned in the first chapter, was he less scathing in his diatribes against the corset and tight-lacing. Tha...t the last-mentioned article of female attire is likewise charged in certain instances with being the inducing cause of cancer was however probably un- known to him.
That these strictures against the prevalent fashions of our own days had little or no practical result (certainly none in the case of the female sex), may be taken for LIFE OF FLOWER 171 granted. The work has, however, a very considerable amount of interest as illustrating a number of instances of the manner in which uncivilised nations modify and mutilate various parts of the body for the sake of what they are pleased to regard as ornament, or fashion ; and is therefore a valuable contribution to ethnology.
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