This week Liv and Ellie begin to unpack the most debated undergarment in history; the Corset.
They jump on in and talk all about the origin of the corset and its involvement in western history from the 16th century on wards. We hear all about the health risks of the corset or lack thereof and the patriarchal ties it had in society. Ellie then educates us on her category of corset wearers, shining a light on the differences of those who wore them at the time. As well as opening the topic of female agency in a patriarchal world.
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References
Bass-Krueger, M., & Timms, E. (2021, January 12). The Corset’s Recurring Comeback Goes Further Than ‘Bridgerton’. Vogue. Retrieved August 14, 2021, from https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/history-of-the-corset
Gibson, R. (2015, September). Effects of Long Term Corseting on the Female Skeleton: A Preliminary Morphological Examination. The Canadian Student Journal of Anthropology, 23(2), 45-60.
Steele, V. (2003). The Corset: A Cultural History (1st ed., Vol. 1). Yale University Press. https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300099539/corset
Credits
Hosted by Liv Hutley and Ellie Gunton
Recorded and Edited by Fiona Lloyd Harding
