--- product_id: 62821722 title: "The Corset – A Cultural History" price: "VT32389" currency: VUV in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.vu/products/62821722-the-corset-a-cultural-history store_origin: VU region: Vanuatu --- # The Corset – A Cultural History **Price:** VT32389 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Corset – A Cultural History - **How much does it cost?** VT32389 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.vu](https://www.desertcart.vu/products/62821722-the-corset-a-cultural-history) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Corset – A Cultural History : Steele, Valerie: desertcart.co.uk: Books Review: Exactly what it says on the wrapper. - If this book has one weakness, it lies in its sometime over-academic stance. On a quick skim, you may get the impression that corseting and corsetry was a matter of interest only to fashion historians and psychologists. However, as you delve and explore the book in detail, you realise that the author has immense knowledge and understanding of the reasons that men and women wore corsets in the past; and many continue to do so today. She is not judgemental but does sometimes slip into the academic style, "...how interesting that those people feel that way..." as if they were a different section of humanity. I suppose they are in a way so she's only reflecting the facts, but it's done in a fishbowl or zoological way. I find it disconcerting. None of this detracts from a brilliant review of the corset and its role in fashion history, in social movements, and in the development of erotic sensibility in the species. The illustrations are wonderful, the development of fashion styles and figure modification, the acknowledgment of different lifestyles: all are presented with clarity and explanations. There are some big corset-names under-represented even if mentioned such as Menton, Mrs Cayne, Iris Norris, Gardner & Sons, Michael Garrod. Even so, it is a most valuable text and entertaining also. Review: The author knows the subject and is well written with ... - The author knows the subject and is well written with a lot of images. Corsets are not necessarrily instruments of torture, he says. Well, for some, maybe. Probelm is our sense of beauty, which still binds many of us and led us to the obsession for slim and slender figures. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 451,793 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 112 in Fashion History 259 in Fashion Design 266 in Women in History | | Customer reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (58) | | Dimensions | 22.86 x 1.91 x 27.31 cm | | ISBN-10 | 0300099533 | | ISBN-13 | 978-0300099539 | | Item weight | 1.09 kg | | Language | English | | Print length | 208 pages | | Publication date | 4 Feb. 2003 | | Publisher | Yale University Press | | Reading age | 5 years and up | ## Images ![The Corset – A Cultural History - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71SYpgL8NSL.jpg) ![The Corset – A Cultural History - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81XzimYdtYL.jpg) ![The Corset – A Cultural History - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41uWQdpTDmL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Exactly what it says on the wrapper. *by V***J on 5 June 2011* If this book has one weakness, it lies in its sometime over-academic stance. On a quick skim, you may get the impression that corseting and corsetry was a matter of interest only to fashion historians and psychologists. However, as you delve and explore the book in detail, you realise that the author has immense knowledge and understanding of the reasons that men and women wore corsets in the past; and many continue to do so today. She is not judgemental but does sometimes slip into the academic style, "...how interesting that those people feel that way..." as if they were a different section of humanity. I suppose they are in a way so she's only reflecting the facts, but it's done in a fishbowl or zoological way. I find it disconcerting. None of this detracts from a brilliant review of the corset and its role in fashion history, in social movements, and in the development of erotic sensibility in the species. The illustrations are wonderful, the development of fashion styles and figure modification, the acknowledgment of different lifestyles: all are presented with clarity and explanations. There are some big corset-names under-represented even if mentioned such as Menton, Mrs Cayne, Iris Norris, Gardner & Sons, Michael Garrod. Even so, it is a most valuable text and entertaining also. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The author knows the subject and is well written with ... *by H***I on 28 July 2015* The author knows the subject and is well written with a lot of images. Corsets are not necessarrily instruments of torture, he says. Well, for some, maybe. Probelm is our sense of beauty, which still binds many of us and led us to the obsession for slim and slender figures. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good source of information *by M***Y on 14 October 2013* Very informative. Much needed for research into corsetry. Book even informs you about further research on books to read. 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