An edition of Bound to please (2001)

Bound to please

a history of the Victorian corset

By Leigh Summers

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Publish Date

2001

Publisher

Berg,Berg Publishers

Language

eng

Pages

295

Description:

Corsets, and the corseted body, have been fetishized, mythologized, romanticized. This book examines the role of corsetry in the minds and lives of Victorian women.

subjects: Clothing and dress, Corsets, Costume, History, Human Body, Social aspects, Social aspects of the Human body, Corset, Costume, history, Fashion & society

Times: 19th century