Benstock, Shari and Suzanne Ferriss — Footnotes: On Shoes

New Brunswick, New Jersey, Rutgers University Press, 2001. Hardcover. Brown cloth, gilt letters on spine, mylar cover, 325 pp. BW illus. A collection of 16 essays dealing with the cultural fascination with shoes. Offers "various answers to this question, from the perspectives of art, film, literature, history, folklore, dance, psychology, and cultural studies." (dj) Much food for thought here. G (Ex-art library; no DJ; labels on bindings; i.d. marks on book block edges and outermost pages; interior is clean.) .