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Bound to please by Leigh Summers · Booklabria

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First published: 2001
Language: English
Editions: 5

Synopsis

Corsets, and the corseted body, have been fetishized, mythologized, romanticized. This book examines the role of corsetry in the minds and lives of Victorian women.

Subjects: History
Social aspects
Clothing and dress
Costume
Human body
Costume, history
Time: 19th Century

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