Fetish: Fashion, Sex & Power

Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1997. First Edition. Softcover (Photographic). Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. Acknowledgements, Introduction: In the Torture Garden, Fetishism as Cultural Discourse, notes, selected bibliography and index. The text is illustrated with both colour and black-and-white photographs along with colour reproductions of images. Photographic paperback binding with red coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Quoting from the rear panel blurb " ... Kinky boots, corsets, underwear as outerwear, second-skin garments of rubber and leather, uniforms, body piercing. Today everything from a fetishist's dream appears on the fashion runways. Marshalling a dazzling array of evidence, Steele provides provocative answers to such questions as: Why is black regarded as the sex is colour? Is fatishizing the norm for males? Does fetish fashion reflect a fear of AIDS? And why do so many people love shoes?" Creasing of the book corners with rubbing of the book edges and panels. The top half of the front panel laminate has creased horizontally. Some handling marks to the text block edges. Full number line. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. [4], V - VIII, [1], 2 - 243, [3] pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Fashion, Fabrics & Style; Fetish; Erotica. ISBN: 0195115791. ISBN/EAN: 9780195115796. Inventory No: 0290045. . 9780195115796