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OverviewWhat do you use every day that is small and large, worthless and beyond price? It's easily found in the gutter, yet you may never be able to replace it. You are always losing it but it faithfully protects you; sexy and uptight, it is knitted in to your affections or it may give you nightmares. It has led to conflict, fostered and repressed political and religious change and epitomizes the great aesthetic movements. It's Eurocentric, and is found all over the world. On the Button is an inventive and unusual exploration of the cultural history of the button, illustrated with a multiplicity of buttons in black and white and colour. It tells tales of a huge variety of the button's forms and functions, its sometimes uncompromising glamour, its stronghold in fashion and literature, its place in the visual arts, its association with crime and death, its tender call to nostalgia and the sentimental. There have been works addressed to the button collector and general cultural histories. On the Button links the two, revealing why we are so attracted to buttons, and how they punch way above their weight. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Nina EdwardsPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: I.B. Tauris Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.494kg ISBN: 9781848855847ISBN 10: 1848855842 Pages: 298 Publication Date: 02 December 2011 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsReviews'Nina Edwards knows everything you might want to know about buttons, and much more that you have never imagined. Her book is a tour de force, and full of interesting stories.' - Alison Lurie, novelist and author of 'The Language of Clothes' Nina Edwards knows everything you might want to know about buttons, and much more that you have never imagined. Her book is a tour de force, and full of interesting stories. -- Alison Lurie, novelist and author of The Language of Clothes Author InformationNina Edwards is a freelance writer. She is also an actor and lives in London. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |