Footnotes: On Shoes
Hardcover
2001 · New Brunswick, New Jersey
by Benstock, Shari and Suzanne Ferriss
New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 2001. Hardcover. G (Ex-art library; no DJ; labels on bindings; i.d. marks on book block edges and outermost pages; interior is clean.). 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. (Inventory #: 161448)