Heights of fashion : a history of the elevated shoe

Name/Title

Heights of fashion : a history of the elevated shoe

Entry/Object ID

GT2130.S39

Description

Drawing on historical sources, paintings and prints, this volume explores how and why shoes or boots with high heels came into common use. It considers the function of high heels in daily life, in the production of class and gender, and in the staging of erotic fantasy. Published in association with the exhibition organized by the Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto.

Collection

Titi Halle/Cora Ginsburg LLC Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

exhibition catalogs, gender identity, shoes--history, titi halle/cora ginsburg llc collection

Legacy Lexicon

Category

Book

Book Details

Author

Elizabeth Semmelhack

Publisher

Bata Shoe Museum / Pittsburgh, PA

Place Published

City

Toronto

State/Province

Ontario

Country

Canada

Continent

North America

Date Published

2008

Call No.

GT2130.S39

ISBN

1934772941, 9781934772942

LCCN

2008039595

Notes

Length: 119