In this talk, Dr. Rebecca Gibson of Virginia Commonwealth University will discuss her new research on what drives historical and modern efforts to stamp out the practice of corseting. Looking at the most used historical document, a textbook written in 1908 by French doctor Ludovic O'Followell, as well as 21st century takes on the practice of corseting, from Bridgerton to the Kardashians, she will give an overview of the ways in which corseting has been misrepresented, misunderstood, and dismissed as simply a women's problem, in medicine, media, and scholarship. Audience members will get a sneak-peek at Gibson's research for her upcoming book "The Bad Corset: A Feminist Reinterpretation" (Bloomsbury, forthcoming), and get to chat with her about what it has been like to go against established corset research canon.

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About the Speaker: Dr. Rebecca Gibson is an Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Virginia Commonwealth University. Her published works include “Desire in the Age of Robots and AI: An Investigation in Science Fiction and Fact” (Palgrave Macmillan 2019) and “The Corseted Skeleton: A Bioarchaeology of Binding” (Palgrave Macmillan 2020). She holds a PhD in Anthropology from American University. When not writing or teaching can be found reading mystery novels amidst a pile of stuffed animals.