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A History of the Foot
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The science of feet and footprints has a long, yet often forgotten, history.
In this lecture, I look at what people from the late eighteenth century to the present thought they knew about toes, arches, heels, and ankles. What makes a beautiful foot? How have ideas of foot-beauty changed over time? Size, shape, colour, smell, and even taste have been important markers in the literature, science, and sociology of feet.
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This event was on Thu, 14 May 2020
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