Shoes : a history from sandals to sneakers / edited by Giorgio Riello and Peter McNeil.
| Other author | Riello, Giorgio. |
| Other author | McNeil, Peter, 1966- |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | English ed. |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2006. |
| Description | 439 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: A long walk: shoes, people and places / Giorgio Riello and Peter McNeil -- STEP 1. A FOOT IN THE PAST: Beneath their shining feet: shoes and sandals in classical Greece / Sue Blundell -- Sumptuous shoes: making and wearing in medieval Italy / Maria Giuseppina Muzzarelli -- Courtly lady or courtesan? the Venetian chopine in the Renaissance / Andrea Vianello -- Walking the streets of London and Paris in the Enlightenment / Peter McNeil and Giorgio Riello -- War Wellingtons: military footwear in the Age of Empire / Alison Matthews David -- The perils of choice: women's footwear in nineteenth-century America / Nancy Rexford -- STEP 2. ENCOUNTERS AND CULTURAL INTERACTIONS: Purity, pollution and place in traditional Japanese footwear / Martha Chaiklin -- Interrogating Africa's past: footwear amongst the Yoruba / Tunde M. Akinwumi -- A dream of butterflies? shoes in Chinese culture / Paola Zamperini -- STEP 3. SHOES, BODIES AND IDENTITIES: Fashioning masculinity: men's footwear and modernity / Christopher Breward -- A delicate balance: women, power and high heels / Elizabeth Semmelhack -- Shoes and the erotic imagination / Valerie Steele -- Sex and sin: the magic of red shoes / Hilary Davidson -- Beyond the rainbow: queer shoes / Clare Lomas, Peter McNeil and Sally Gray -- STEP 4. REPRESENTATION AND SELF-PRESENTATION: Made in Italy: Ferragamo and twentieth-century fashion / Stefania Ricci -- Style through design: form and function / Giovanni Luigi Fontana -- Sole representation: shoe imagery and twentieth-century art / Julia Pine -- Limousines for the feet: the rhetoric of trainers / Alison Gill -- Conclusion. The male Cinderella: shoes, genius and fantasy / Peter McNeil and Giorgio Riello. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-435) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006017666 |
| ISBN | 1845204433 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 9781845204433 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 9781845204433 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
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| Joyner | General Stacks | GT2130 .S468 2006 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |