Bound to please : a history of the Victorian corset / Leigh Summers.
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TextSeries: Dress, body, culturePublication details: Oxford : Berg, 2001Description: 288 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9781847888655 (ebook) :; 1847888658 (ebook) :Subject(s): Corsets -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Women -- Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 19th centuryAdditional physical formats: Print version: No titleDDC classification: 391.42094109034 Online access: Click here to access online Summary: 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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Electronic reproduction. Oxford : Berg, 2010. (Berg fashion library) Mode of access: World Wide Web. Access restricted to institutions subscribing through Oxford University Press.
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