The Corset
Subtitle: A Cultural History
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: November 1, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780300090710
Subjects: Costume; Cultural studies; Fashion design; History of specific subjects; Women's studies; Modern period, c 1500 onwards; Consumer Health; Diet / Health / Fitness; Art; Beauty & Grooming - Fashion; Fashion; Art / General; Clothing and dress; Corsets; Erotic aspects; History; Social aspects
Description: 1. Steel and Whalebone: Fashioning the Aristocratic Body 2. Art and Nature: Corset Controversies of the Nineteenth Century 3. Dressed to Kill: The Medical Consequences of Corsetry 4. Fashion and Fetishism: The Votaries of Tight-Lacing 5. The Satin Corset: An Erotic Iconography 6. The Hard Body: A Muscular Corset.

The corset is one of the most controversial garments in fashion history. This study explores why women continued to don steel and whalebone corsets for 400 years, and why they finally stopped. It also discusses the cultural history of the corset, demolishing myths and revealing its significance.