Book Presentation
Who decides what is beautiful? On 20 October at 6 pm, Evke Rulffes will be presenting her new book *Eingeschnürt: How the Female Body Was Shaped* at the
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Evke Rulffes
Buchcover von Evke Rulffes „Eingeschnürt. Wie der weibliche Körper in Form gebracht wurde.“
Ein Exemplar von Evke Rulffes „Eingeschnürt“ im TA T Hörsaal.
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The book is based on research carried out for the exhibition *unBinding Bodies*, which she curated in 2022/23 together with Jasmin Mersmann and Felix Sattler and which was on display at the MARKK in Hamburg and at the TA T in Berlin.
The starting point for the exhibition *unBinding Bodies* was the Western perspective on the Han Chinese practice of foot-binding and the way Western (German) anatomists dealt with severed feet around 1900; the curatorial team contrasted this with the Chinese perspective on the corset, explored social power dynamics and emancipation movements in both cultures, and drew a connection to contemporary beauty standards. Evke Rulffes has explored these themes in greater depth in her cultural-historical non-fiction book and, by looking to the past, asks just how deeply beauty standards remain anchored in our collective memory to this day.
Moderator: Felix Sattler
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Dates
October 2026
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