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Footwear: the 'magic' and the material reality.

Footwear: Laurie Taylor explores the magic and the material reality.

Footwear -  the ‘magic’ & the material reality.  Laurie Taylor talks to Claudio Benzecry, Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Sociology at Northwestern University, about the people and places involved in the global manufacture of women’s shoes. They’re joined by Elizabeth Ezra, Professor of Cinema and Culture at the University of Stirling, and author of a study about magic shoes, from Wizard of Oz to Cinderella, which finds that 'the perfect fit' relates to more than size and that our culture invests  footwear with symbolic meanings beyond their status as mere commodities.

Producer: Jayne Egerton

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