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Author:   Rebecca Gibson
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2020
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9783030503918

ISBN 10:   3030503917
Pages:   290
Publication Date:   16 November 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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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.

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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).

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