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Foot: A Playful Biography by Kathy Vanderlinden (Hardback, 2003)

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Kathy Vanderlinden has collected a closetful of fascinating information about the physical foot, foot fashion, foot fetishism, and other aspects of that part of the body so many of us hate. Physically, our feet are unsung heroes, absorbing some five million pounds of pressure per day as they do their job of carting us around. Then there is the giddy pleasure, the lust, the allure, the therapeutic value of shoes for the shoe lover, from the stiltlike chopine of 15th -century France and the outlandishly wide duckbill of 16th-century England to the gorgeous Malo Blahniks of today. Vanderlinden also offers tantalizing tidbits about foot afflictions (bunions, corns, and calluses), foot rituals and symbolism (from foot washing to sipping champagne from a lover s shoe), foot fairytales and folklore (Cinderella being the pre-eminent example), and foot beauty treatments (Cleopatra had a slew of them).Throughout, photos of beautiful, grotesque, and sexy shoes; the foot in paintings and other works of art; famous feet; and foot ornamentation illustrate the many faces of the foot. This eclectic and enchanting compendium will delight all those who have despaired of their feet, been seduced by a pair of shoes, or spent time having a pedicure.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Greystone Books
ISBN-10
1550549863
ISBN-13
9781550549867
eBay Product ID (ePID)
188496782

Product Key Features

Format
Sewn,Cloth over Boards, Hardback
Language
English
Topic
Popular Culture & Media: General Interest
Author
Kathy Vanderlinden
Genre
Popular Culture & Media: General Interest

Dimensions

Height
230mm
Width
175mm
Weight
499g

Additional Product Features

Spine
15mm
Date of Publication
23/09/2003
Content Note
Illustrations
Country of Publication
Canada

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