Corseted Skeleton

A Bioarchaeology of Binding

Häftad, Engelska, 2020

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Beskrivning

Unpacking assumptions about corseting, Rebecca Gibson supplements narratives of corseted women from the 18th and 19th centuries with her seminal work on corset-related skeletal deformation.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-11-16
Mått:148 x 210 x 25 mm
Vikt:396 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:290
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030503918

Utforska kategorier

Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Människans biologi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

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).

Innehållsförteckning

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.