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The Corseted Skeleton: A Bioarchaeology of Binding

The Corseted Skeleton: A Bioarchaeology of Binding - Paperback

by Rebecca Gibson
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Availability:In StockContributor:Rebecca GibsonPublish date:11/16/2020Pages:290
Language:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9783030503918ISBN-10:3030503917UPC:9783030503918Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Social History, SociologyBook Topic:PhysicalSize:8.27 x 5.83 x 0.65 inchesWeight:0.8113Product ID:SCYZM0K2JS

The Corseted Skeleton: A Bioarchaeology of Binding

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. 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...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Palgrave MacMillanISBN-13:9783030503918ISBN-10:3030503917UPC:9783030503918Book Category:Social Science, HistoryBook Subcategory:Anthropology, Social History, SociologyBook Topic:PhysicalSize:8.27 x 5.83 x 0.65 inchesWeight:0.8113Product ID:SCYZM0K2JS

Rebecca Gibson, PhD, is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame, USA. She is the author of Desire in the Age of Robots and AI: Investigations in Science Fiction and Fact (Palgrave, 2020).


Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

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2020 Edition

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Rebecca Gibson

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