{"product_id":"9781350358669","title":"Shoes and the Georgian Man","description":"Author: McCormack, Matthew\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781350358669\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 06 Mar 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 208 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShoes 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.\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003eThinking 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.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46643196559518,"sku":"UBD-9781350358669","price":59.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781350358669.jpg?v=1774483767","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781350358669","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}