Screen LibraryShoes : the meaning of style /
"We all make choices every day about which shoes to wear, but why do we choose the shoes we do? Today, buying, wearing and collecting shoes is for many of us a habit that borders on a fetish. Even those of us who consider shoes to be trivial are aware of how the wrong choice of footwear can hav...
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| Published: |
Reaktion Books Ltd,
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| Publisher Address: | London, UK : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"We all make choices every day about which shoes to wear, but why do we choose the shoes we do? Today, buying, wearing and collecting shoes is for many of us a habit that borders on a fetish. Even those of us who consider shoes to be trivial are aware of how the wrong choice of footwear can have dire social consequences. This book explores the history of shoes and how different types of footwear have come to mean different things about the people who wear them. Organized around four main types - boots, sneakers, high heels and sandals - this book explains their origins, the impact of technol |
| Carrier Form: | 368 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-359) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781780238340 1780238347 |
| Index Number: | GT2130 |
| CLC: |
TS943-09 TS943-05 |
| Call Number: | TS943-05/S472 |
| Contents: | Introduction -- Sandals : eccentricity -- Boots : inclusivity -- High heels : instability -- Sneakers : exclusivity -- Conclusion. |