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Synopsis

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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About the Author

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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