Shoes and the Georgian Man / Matthew McCormack.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McCormack, Matthew, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain--Social life and customs--18th century.

Great Britain.

Men--Identity.

Men.

Sex role--Great Britain.

Sex role.

Shoes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, 2024.

System Details:

text file HTML

Summary:

Shoes are everyday objects but they are loaded with meaning. This book reveals how shoes played a powerful role in the wider story of shifts in gender relations in 18th-century Britain. It focuses on the relationship of shoes with the body and its movements, and therefore how what we wear on our feet relates closely to social, occupational and gender roles. It also uses footwear to explore topics such as politics, war, dance and disability. Thinking about shoes as material objects, McCormack studied historic shoes first-hand in museums, in order to ascertain their physical properties and what they would have been like to wear. Worn shoes preserve traces of the wearer's body in their indentations, stretches and scuffs, providing a unique primary source about their wearer. This approach forges new connections between the histories or material culture, gender and the body, and sheds new light on what it meant to be a man in the 18th century.

Contents:

List of figures Acknowledgements Introduction 1 Georgian men and their shoes 2 Shoes and the body 3 Shoes and politics 4 Boots and masculinity 5 Gout shoes and disability 6 Dancing feet 7 The soldier's shoe Conclusion: Wearing Georgian shoes Select bibliography Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781350358690

135035869X

9781350358706

1350358703

9781350358683

1350358681

OCLC:

1463572950