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Bound to Please: A History of the Victorian Corset (Dress, Body, Culture)

by Leigh Summers

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Corsets, and the corseted body, have been fetishized, mythologized, romanticized. This Victorian icon has inspired more passionate debate than any other article of clothing. As a means of body modification, perhaps only foot binding and female genital mutilation have aroused more controversy.

Summers provocative book dismantles many of the commonly held misconceptions about the corset. In examining the role of corsetry in the minds and lives of Victorian women, it focuses on how corsetry punished, regulated and sculpted the female form from childhood and adolescence through to pregnancy and even old age. The author reveals how the ‘steels and bones, which damaged bodies and undermined mental health, were a crucial element in constructing middle-class women as psychologically submissive subjects. Underlying this compelling discussion are issues surrounding the development and expression of juvenile and adult sexuality. While maintaining that the corset was the perfect vehicle through which to police femininity, the author unpacks the myriad ways in which women consciously resisted its restrictions and reveals the hidden, macabre romance of this potent Victorian symbol.

Synopsis:

Corsets, and the corseted body, have been fetishized, mythologized, romanticized. This Victorian icon has inspired debate that is unrivalled by any other article of clothing. This book examines the role of corsetry in the minds and lives of Victorian women.

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About the Author

Leigh Summers is University of New England and Senior Education Officer, at the New England Regional Art Museum, Armidale, Australia .

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Product Details

ISBN:

9781859735107

Author:

Summers, Leigh

Publisher:

Bloomsbury Academic

Location:

Oxford

Subject:

Fashion

Subject:

Women's Studies - History

Subject:

Costume

Subject:

Modern - 19th Century

Subject:

Body, human

Subject:

Corsets.

Subject:

Gender Studies-General

Subject:

Gender Studies-Womens Studies

Edition Description:

Paperback

Series:

Dress, Body, Culture (Paperback)

Publication Date:

20011031

Binding:

TRADE PAPER

Grade Level:

Professional and scholarly

Language:

English

Illustrations:

107 b/w illus, bibliog, index

Pages:

288

Dimensions:

9.25 x 6.13 in

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Product details 288 pages Berg Publishers - 2001-10-00 English 9781859735107 Reviews:

"Synopsis" by Gardners, Corsets, and the corseted body, have been fetishized, mythologized, romanticized. This Victorian icon has inspired debate that is unrivalled by any other article of clothing. This book examines the role of corsetry in the minds and lives of Victorian women.