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High Heel
Series: Object Lessons
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This book may appeal to you if you're fascinated by the cultural and scientific intersections of fashion. It delves into the historical and contemporary significance of an iconic footwear item, exploring themes of gender, identity, and societal change with wit and insight. Perfect for those interested in the deeper meanings behind everyday objects.
High Heel
High Heel is a dive into the labyrinthine nature of modern womanhood and sexual politics, with the world's most provocative fashion accessory as its point of entry.
High Heel is a dive into the labyrinthine nature of modern womanhood and sexual politics, with the world’s most provocative fashion accessory as its point of entry.
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Best Fifteen Books of March 2019, Refinery29
Best Nonfiction Books of 2019, Paste Magazine
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Fetishized, demonized, celebrated, and outlawed, the high heel is central to the iconography of modern womanhood. But are high heels good? Are they feminist? What does it mean for a woman (or, for that matter, a man) to choose to wear them?
Meditating on the labyrinthine nature of sexual identity and the performance of gender, High Heel moves from film to fairytale, from foot binding to feminism, and from the golden ratio to glam rock. Summer Brennan considers this most provocative of fashion accessories as a nexus of desire and struggle, sex and society, violence and self-expression, setting out to understand what it means to be a woman by walking a few hundred years in her shoes.
Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
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High Heel by Summer Brennan is praised for its brisk and readable narrative, providing a multidimensional exploration of the high heel's cultural significance. Encompassing a blend of poetry, history, and cultural critique, the book's short essays delve into the shoe's symbolism of oppression and empowerment. Readers are encouraged to reflect on the societal implications of this fashion accessory through Brennan's engaging prose and insightful analysis, making it an intriguing addition to Bloomsbury's Object Lessons series.
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ISBN: 9781501325991
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 21 March 2019
Country: United States
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic USA
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 18.0mm
Width: 122.0mm
Height: 164.0mm
Weight: 179g
Pages: 192
About the Author
Summer Brennan is a journalist and author. She received the 2016 Matthew Power Literary Reporting Award and was a visiting scholar at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute at New York University. Her first book, The Oyster War: The True Story of a Small Farm, Big Politics, and the Future of Wilderness in America (2015) was a finalist for the 2016 Orion Book Award. A longtime consultant for the United Nations, her writing has appeared in New York Magazine, Scientific American, McSweeney's, the San Francisco Chronicle, and elsewhere. She lives in Brooklyn and New Mexico.
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