The Bad Corset: A Feminist Reimagining by Gibson, Rebecca
The Bad Corset: A Feminist Reimagining by Gibson, Rebecca

The Bad Corset: A Feminist Reimagining

Both a translation and critique of an early 20th century seminal French text on the physical effects...
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Author: Rebecca Gibson
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The Bad Corset: A Feminist Reimagining by Gibson, Rebecca

The Bad Corset: A Feminist Reimagining

$143.25
The Bad Corset: A Feminist Reimagining by Gibson, Rebecca

The Bad Corset: A Feminist Reimagining

$143.25
Author: Rebecca Gibson
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Both a translation and critique of an early 20th century seminal French text on the physical effects of corseting, The Bad Corset explores contemporary anti-woman bias to challenge the commonly accepted assertions about corsetry's contribution to disease, disfigurement, and disorders of the female body.

The original 1908 French book, Le Corset by Ludovic O'Followell-with its graphic illustrations, some of which are reproduced here-tells a story, familiar to anyone interested in popular culture and fashion history, of women suffering for fashion, tormented by and subject to their corsets. However, a close reading of the texts tells a very different, and more complicated, story.

This fascinating exploration, approaching the topic from a scientific perspective, and reproducing facsimiles of the original text, with translations and annotations, critiques the presumptions and anxieties of male medical professionals on the 'damage' caused by corsets to the female body and psyche. Rather than seeing the women who wore these perceived instruments of torture as victims or dupes, The Bad Corset confidently asserts the agency of the women who wore them and highlights the way in which seminal texts can continue to influence our interpretation of the past, and women's lives and histories.

The Bad Corset is a remarkable resource for scholars and students of fashion, medicine and gender history, taking a feminist approach to female agency and choice, and helping us reconsider the way we think about the shaping of women's bodies, and their lives.

Author: Rebecca Gibson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Published: 10/31/2024
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781350295186

About the Author
Rebecca Gibson is Assistant Professor in the School of World Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, USA. Her published works include Desire in the Age of Robots and AI (2019), The Corseted Skeleton (2020), and Gender, Supernatural Beings, and the Liminality of Death (2021). She holds a PhD in Anthropology from American University, USA.


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