Shoes: A History from Sandals to Sneakers - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 1845204433 ISBN 13: 9781845204433

Casa editrice: Bloomsbury USA Academic, 2006

Riassunto

A richly illustrated history of shoes offers a collection of entertaining essays that cover everything from sneakers to the stiletto, as well as such topics as the role of shoes in religious ritual, the modern cult of shoe designers, shoe lacing, military footwear, shoes and masculinity, and what shoes say about gender, class, personality, taste, and politics. 10,000 first printing.

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L'autore:

Giorgio Riello is Research Officer in Global History at the London School of Economics. He has pubished widely on the topics of shoes, shoemaking, fashion and product innovation in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Peter McNeil is Head, School of Art History and Theory at the College of Fine Arts, University of New South Wales. He has published more than forty articles in journals including Fashion Theory, Journal of Design History and Art History.

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• Editore: Bloomsbury USA Academic
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1845204433
• ISBN 13: 9781845204433
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 439
• Redattore: Riello Giorgio, McNeil Peter