Sock

Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy, Aesthetics, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Theory
Cover of the book Sock by Kim Adrian, Bloomsbury Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Kim Adrian ISBN: 9781501315077
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: September 7, 2017
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Language: English
Author: Kim Adrian
ISBN: 9781501315077
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: September 7, 2017
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.

Who ponders the sock? This common object is something people tug on and take off daily with hardly a thought. Unraveling the garment's history, construction, and use, Kim Adrian's Sock reintroduces us to our own bodies- vulnerable, bipedal, and flawed.

Sock reminds us that extraordinary secrets live in mundane material realities, and shows how this floppy, often smelly, sometimes holey piece of clothing, whether machine-made or hand-knit, can also serve as an anatomy lesson, a physics primer, a love letter, a weapon, a fetish, and a fashion statement.

Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.

Who ponders the sock? This common object is something people tug on and take off daily with hardly a thought. Unraveling the garment's history, construction, and use, Kim Adrian's Sock reintroduces us to our own bodies- vulnerable, bipedal, and flawed.

Sock reminds us that extraordinary secrets live in mundane material realities, and shows how this floppy, often smelly, sometimes holey piece of clothing, whether machine-made or hand-knit, can also serve as an anatomy lesson, a physics primer, a love letter, a weapon, a fetish, and a fashion statement.

Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.

More books from Bloomsbury Publishing

Cover of the book Trolls United! by Kim Adrian
Cover of the book Theatre in the Expanded Field by Kim Adrian
Cover of the book The Voyage of the Beagle by Kim Adrian
Cover of the book Whatever It Is, I Don't Like It by Kim Adrian
Cover of the book The Next American Economy by Kim Adrian
Cover of the book You by Kim Adrian
Cover of the book The Living Novel by Kim Adrian
Cover of the book The Engagement Aesthetic by Kim Adrian
Cover of the book Human Dignity in Bioethics and Law by Kim Adrian
Cover of the book The Liveaboard Guide by Kim Adrian
Cover of the book How Not to Teach by Kim Adrian
Cover of the book The Freedom of the Cage by Kim Adrian
Cover of the book Advertising and Reality by Kim Adrian
Cover of the book The Light That Gets Lost by Kim Adrian
Cover of the book Fronto: Selected Letters by Kim Adrian
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy