Solemates
A History of Our Fetish for Feet
Published on 7. November 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
978-1-916637-04-7 (ISBN)
Description
Why are feet so hot? When Jesus washed his bros' feet, what kind of love was he showing? Why did feet show up in poetry written during a medieval outbreak of gonorrhoea? How did early sexologists convince us that loving feet is deviant? And what did Victorian lesbians make of all this?
These are the questions thrusting Adam Zmith into a history of toe-botherers who will guide the reader through the sex archives, the online forums and a millennium of art, with his trademark queer lens.
Solemates will bring to light the history of this peculiarly popular kink. From Tarantino films to Bible stories, from Renaissance paintings to OnlyFans, Solemates is the rich and messy tale of our obsession with everything below the ankle, and what it reveals about how we view our bodies and our sex lives.
These are the questions thrusting Adam Zmith into a history of toe-botherers who will guide the reader through the sex archives, the online forums and a millennium of art, with his trademark queer lens.
Solemates will bring to light the history of this peculiarly popular kink. From Tarantino films to Bible stories, from Renaissance paintings to OnlyFans, Solemates is the rich and messy tale of our obsession with everything below the ankle, and what it reveals about how we view our bodies and our sex lives.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 171 mm
Width: 118 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
88 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-916637-04-7 (9781916637047)
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Adam Zmith's Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures (Repeater Books, 2021), won the Polari First Book Prize 2022 and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in LGBTQ+ Non-Fiction. He is a writer/producer of queer history podcasts such as The Log Books and The Film We Can't See (BBC).