1. The developmental theory of embodiment: discovering paths in the body, journeys of girls and women -- 2. Qualified freedom on borrowed territories: early childhood to age eight -- 3. Intense transitions: tweens (ages 9-12) -- 4. The practice of corseting: early adolescence (ages 13-14) -- 5. The "perfection" of corseting: late adolescence (ages 15-17) -- 6. Re-capturing qualified freedom: possibilities in adult women's journeys -- 7. Charting a different future: embodied possibilities -- Appendix 1. Demographic summaries of participants in the three interview studies.