The bad corset : a feminist reimagining
Gibson, Rebecca, 1981-2024
Book
Both a translation and critique of an early 20th century seminal French text on the physical effects of corseting, The Bad Corset explores contemporary anti-woman bias to challenge the commonly accepted assertions about corsetry's contribution to disease, disfigurement, and disorders of the female body. The original 1908 French book, Le Corset by Ludovic O'Followell-with its graphic illustrations, some of which are reproduced here-tells a story, familiar to anyone interested in popular culture and fashion history, of women suffering for fashion, tormented by and subject to their corsets. However, a close reading of the texts tells a very different, and more complicated, story.
Main title:
The bad corset : a feminist reimagining / Rebecca Gibson.
Author:
Gibson, Rebecca, 1981-, author, translatorO'Followell, Ludovic, 1872-1965
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024.©2024.
Collation:
261 pages : colour illustrations ; 25 cm.
Notes:
"This book is a translation and annotation of curated selections of Dr. Ludovic O'Followell's 1908 treatise on corsets, Le Corset: Médicine, Histoire, et Hygiène"--Introduction.Includes bibliographical references and index.Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9781350295186 (paperback)9781350295193 (hardback)
Dewey class:
391.42309391.423
Language:
EnglishFrench
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BRN:
2292260