The Corseted Skeleton: A Bioarchaeology of Binding Gibson Rebecca
The Corseted Skeleton: A Bioarchaeology of Binding Gibson Rebecca Unpacking assumptions about corseting, Rebecca Gibson supplements narratives of corseted women from the 18th and 19th centuries with…
Specifikacia The Corseted Skeleton: A Bioarchaeology of Binding Gibson Rebecca
The Corseted Skeleton: A Bioarchaeology of Binding Gibson Rebecca
Unpacking assumptions about corseting, Rebecca Gibson supplements narratives of corseted women from the 18th and 19th centuries with her seminal work on corset-related skeletal deformation. Combining these texts with skeletal age data and rib and vertebrae measurements from remains at St. An undergarment that provided support and shape for centuries, the corset occupies a familiar but exotic space in modern consciousness, created by two sometimes contradictory narrative arcs: the texts that women wrote regarding their own corseting experiences and the recorded opinions of the medical community during the 19th century.
Bride's parish London dating from 1700 to 1900, the author discusses corseting in terms of health and longevity, situates corseting as an everyday practice that crossed urban socio-economic boundaries, and attests to the practice as part of
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