BBC - The Ascent of Woman Series 1 (2015) Part 2 Separation

The Ascent Of Woman

Dr Amanda Foreman travels the world to relate and cross-examine the stories of the women who made and changed human history, from 10,000 BC to the present day.

Part 2 Separation

Dr Amanda Foreman continues her profile of women who made and changed human history, travelling to Vietnam, China and Japan to assess the role of women in Asia under the philosophy religions of Confucianism and Buddhism. Amanda looks at how Asian ideals of feminine virtue and the division of space between the female world of the home and the male world of business and politics became a hallmark of Chinese identity, and examines the controversial beauty ritual of Chinese foot-binding.

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