Description
Chapter 1: Introduction: Shaping the Garment, Shaping the Woman
Chapter 2: The Corset in our Collective Consciousness: Exotic, Erotic, or Other?
Chapter 3: The Corset as a Garment: Is it a Representative of Who Wore It?
Chapter 4: The Corset as Civilization: The Debate on Clothing and Women's Social Wellbeing
Chapter 5: The Corset as a Killer: Did Corseting Negatively Impact Longevity?
Chapter 6: Women's Experiences in Life, Death, and Burial: The St. Bride's Parish Records Chapter 7: The Corseted Skeleton: Skeletal Remains of St. Bride's Lower Churchyard
Chapter 8: Conclusion: Modern Corseting and How We Talk About Today's Women
Author: Rebecca Gibson
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 11/16/2020
Pages: 290
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.65d
ISBN13: 9783030503918
ISBN10: 3030503917
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology | Physical
- History | Social History
About the Author
Rebecca Gibson, PhD, is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, USA. She is the author of Desire in the Age of Robots and AI: Investigations in Science Fiction and Fact (Palgrave, 2020).