Fashion and Fetishism: Corsets, Tight-Lacing and Other Forms of Body-Sculpture

Kunzle, David

Fashion and sex have always enjoyed a very close relationship. This history of corsetry and body sculpture shows how this phenomenon is closely bound up with sexual self-expression. It shows how the use of the corset rejected the role of the passive, maternal woman; in Victorian times it was seen by many as a scandalous threat to the social order.

EAN

9780750938082

Publisher

The History Press Ltd

Published

26 August 2004

Pages

288