How Long to Read "To Mold the Wax of the Woman"

How Long Does it Take to Read "To Mold the Wax of the Woman"?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 6 minutes to read "To Mold the Wax of the Woman" by Rebecca Gibson

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In this dissertation, I will examine two skeletal collections and one collection of corsets---all pertaining to the time period of AD 1700-1900 and located in England and France. The three research sites are the corset collection held in Blythe House by the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the St. Bride's Lower Churchyard collection held at the Museum of London; and the skeletal collection held at the Musee de l'Homme, Paris. These collections were chosen due to their ability to assist in addressing the central research question: How did women during this time period relate both physically and culturally to these life-altering garments and to the conflicting societal attitudes around them? This dissertation has the potential to change how we think of women both in history and today. By examining something that popular discourse leaves unexamined---the way women's clothing choices change their bodies, and how they relate to those choices---the focus becomes removed from the corset and placed onto larger conversations such as how we see women in society, and what clothing choices can signify. Over a hundred years after the last woman in my time period died, we are still debating such things as a woman's right to control her own body and her fitness for high public office. Finally, this dissertation challenges ideas about the corset's role in truncating the life and livelihood of women in this time period, ideas which remain prevalent in the scholarly literature on corset culture and history. As women corseted at very early ages and continued to do so throughout their lives, challenging the exoticization and looking at women's own words about their corsets results in the ability to have nuanced discussions of female sexuality which do not rely on medical narratives or discourses that put the importance on the male gaze.

How long is "To Mold the Wax of the Woman"?

"To Mold the Wax of the Woman" by Rebecca Gibson is 184 pages long, and a total of 46,736 words.

This makes it 62% the length of the average book. It also has 57% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read "To Mold the Wax of the Woman" Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 15 minutes to read "To Mold the Wax of the Woman" aloud.

What Reading Level is "To Mold the Wax of the Woman"?

"To Mold the Wax of the Woman" is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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