3230:150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas, Foot Binding, Daji
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Chapter the biocultural perspective and human bone modi cation. Culture plays a large role in how we shape our bodies throughout life. Some cultures go to extremes to obtain ideal forms of beauty. Examines how culture interacts with the human body over time. Falls into two categories : antemortem (before death, postmortem (after death) Several practices exist throughout the world: foot binding 10th to 20th century china, trephination multiple cultures throughout the world, cradle boarding indigenous groups in the new world. Was practiced by elite members of the royal family and their cohorts. Dungan muslim women from central china practiced foot binding until 1948. By the 1800s foot binding became a symbol of status and wealth. Was outlawed following the communist revolution in the early 20th century. A surgical procedure where a hole is drilled, incised, or scraped into the skull using simple surgical tools. Earliest recorded instance is 6500 bc in northern france.
