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addition, Nu shu faces extinction now. The last original writer, Yang
Guanyi, was died. She died in September, 2004. Today, most of the young women in Jiangyong County do not want to learn nu shu because they regard it as useless.
C. Theoretical Framework
This study would like to analyze the footbinding and the women’s secret writing or nu shu. Besides, both are going to be related to the male domination
which prevailed in the nineteenth century as depicted in the novel Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. Related theories must be used as the base for the analysis
later. Since this study uses the sociological approach, some sociological concepts are needed to help the writer comprehend the matter sociologically.
To support the analysis the writer will use some theories. In order to answer the first problem, the writer is going to apply the review on footbinding
practice in China as well as the review of women’s secret writing. The writer, later in the analysis in Chapter IV, will compare and contrast the footbinding and
women’s secret writing in the reviewed books and what happen in the novel. The description of Chinese society in the nineteenth century is also applied. It is also
helpful to describe the sociological context of the practice of footbinding and women’s secret writing whether or not it is dealing with pride, beauty, knowledge,
identity, social stratification, and the social function. Moreover, to answer the second problem, the writer is going to apply the
theories on manhood to reveal the factors or aspects which influence the practice of footbinding and women’s secret writing.
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CHAPTER III METHODOLOGY
The discussion in this chapter is about the methodology in conducting this study. This chapter consists of three parts. The first part discusses the object
matter of the study and contains a brief description of what the work is generally about. The second part presents the approach employed in the study. The third
part describes the method used and the steps taken in analyzing the work and answering two questions formulated in Problems Formulation in Chapter I.
A. Object of the Study
This study deals with the novel entitled Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, written by a Chinese-American woman, Lisa See. From her appearance, See does
not look like an Asian-American woman. She has red hair and a freckled complexion. However, See has a deep connection and roots in Chinese culture.
Her childhood was spent in the Chinatown section in Los Angeles, United States of America. Due to her Chinese familial background, See always uses the Chinese
background in her writings though she is just one-eighth Chinese. In a note about her by the publisher of the novel, Lisa See is the author of the New York Times
bestselling novels: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Shanghai Girls, Peony in Love, Flower Net, The Interior, and Dragon Bones, as well as the widely
acclaimed memoir On Gold Mountain. She is named as the 2001 National Woman
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