Presenting the history of corsetry and body sculpture, this edition shows how the relationship between fashion and sex is closely bound up with sexual self-expression. It demonstrates how the use of the corset rejected the role of the passive, maternal woman, so that in Victorian times it was seen as a scandalous threat to the social order.
| ISBN: | 9780750938099 |
| Publication date: | 24th August 2006 |
| Author: | David Kunzle |
| Publisher: | The History Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 400 pages |
| Genres: |
Cultural studies: fashion and society Psychology: sexual behaviour Social and cultural history |