Rules, Games, and Common-Pool Resources
Rules, Games, and Common-Pool Resources
Rules, Games, and Common-Pool Resources
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Explores ways that the tragedy of the commons can be avoided by people who use common-property resources
The Corseted Skeleton: A Bioarchaeology of Binding
The Corseted Skeleton: A Bioarchaeology of Binding The Corseted Skeleton: A Bioarchaeology of Binding OTHER ARTICLES Unpacking assumptions about corseting, Rebecca Gibson supplements narratives of corseted women from the 18th and 19th centuries with her seminal work on corset-related skeletal deformation. An undergarment that provided support and shape for centuries, the corset occupies a familiar but exotic space in modern consciousness, created by two sometimes contradictory narrative arcs: the texts that women wrote regarding their own corseting experiences and the recorded opinions of the medical community during the 19th century. Combining these texts with skeletal age data and rib and vertebrae measurements from remains at St. Bride’s parish London dating from 1700 to 1900, the author discusses corseting in terms of health and longevity, situates corseting as an everyday practice that crossed urban socio-economic boundaries, and attests to the practice as part of normal fem...
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