This collection of essays explore the many paradoxes inherent in shoes: in collecting, consuming, fashioning, representing, and wearing them. It aims to capture the cultural significance of shoes in art, film, literature, history, folklore, dance, psychology and sexuality.
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Shari Benstock is a professor of English and associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Miami. She is the author of several books, most recently "No Gifts from Chance": A Biography of Edith Wharton. Suzanne Ferriss teaches literature and gender studies at Nova Southeastern University. Together they also edited On Fashion (Rutgers University Press).
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Seller: Mullen Books, ABAA, Marietta, PA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Brown cloth, gilt letters on spine, mylar cover, 325 pp., BW illus. A collection of 16 essays dealing with the cultural fascination with shoes. Offers "various answers to this question, from the perspectives of art, film, literature, history, folklore, dance, psychology, and cultural studies." (dj) Much food for thought here. G (Ex-art library; no DJ; labels on bindings; i.d. marks on book block edges and outermost pages; interior is clean.). Seller Inventory # 161448
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good. Dust Jacket may NOT BE INCLUDED.CDs may be missing. SHIPS FROM MULTIPLE LOCATIONS. book. Seller Inventory # ERICA82908135287044
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