Product Details
Scribner, September 2007
Hardcover, 160 pages
ISBN-10: 0743277740
ISBN-13: 9780743277747
Contents
Introduction
Women Who Talk with Their Feet (and Run on Heels)
Sex and the Shoe
Mocassino Comodino (The Comfortable Loafer)
Athletic Shoes: Not Just for Sport
A Republic Founded on Shoes
The Imelda Syndrome
The Point of Life
The Unconscious and the Louis Heel
Women in Boots
Ask Me About the Beatles (Not Those Beatles‹the Ankle Boots)
The Ballerina Flat, and the Eternal Illusion of Being Audrey
The Other Hepburn, and Men¹s Shoes
A Brief Course in Self-Esteem (Regarding the Length of a Shoe Strap)
Sandal, Your Name Is Scandal
The Law of the Heel
Take to Your Platforms!
Globalization and the Crisis in the Western Slipper
Rain: A Divine Punishment
What Men Say When They Talk About Shoes
The Mysterious Magic of Red Shoes
Trade Secrets and Other Devilments
Health and Shoes: A Topic That Won¹t Be Broached
Epilogue
Glossary
Bibliography
Acknowledgments