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Sock / Kim Adrian.

Title
Sock / Kim Adrian.
Author
Adrian, Kim
Publication
New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2017.

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Description
131 pages : illustrations; 17 cm.
Summary
"A funny, lyrical, illuminating book on the rich and little known history of the humble sock, its various incarnations throughout the world, and on what socks teach us about the frailty and awkwardness of the human body"--
Series Statement
Object lessons
Uniform Title
Object lessons
Subject
  • Socks > History
  • Socks > Humor
  • LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory
  • PHILOSOPHY / Aesthetics
  • Socks
Genre/Form
  • History
  • Humor
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Socks and evolution -- Socks and desire -- Socks and industry -- Postscript : instructions for darning a sock.
ISBN
  • 9781501315060
  • 1501315064
  • 9781501315084 (canceled/invalid)
  • 1501315080 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
^^2017006361
OCLC
  • 946903267
  • SCSB-11232279
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library