Women's Studies 2164A Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Anne Hollander, Comedy Premieres, Woen

• School: Western University
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: Women's Studies 2164A
• Professor: Karen Olson

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Lecture notes: stays were supposed to be restricting, lower classes = bent and slovenly. Large, full breasts either meant that you are old, vulgar, moral turpitude. If you had large breasts, you would not show them off: however, suddenly in 1650, it becomes a good thing to have large breasts. Ruebens -- 1625: picture below: shows a woman with her breasts pushed up and on display. Full breasts were not symbolic of prosperity, etc. Early 19th century there was a change in corsetry. Breasts were separated and accentuated by the corset: women used to wear the corset as a bra. The cone bra - 1945-1950s: breasts were lifted higher and pushed together, there was also an inflatable bra from the 1960ss, you blow the cup up to the desired size. 1970s: by the 1970s, bra = patriarchal suppression, the 1970s describes the me decade -- women are burning their bras as a feminist motive.