Foot Work, Tansy E. Hoskins
Foot Work, Tansy E. Hoskins
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Foot Work
What Your Shoes Tell You About Globalisation

Author: Tansy E. Hoskins

Narrator: Karen Cass

Unabridged: 9 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/19/2020

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

From the author of STITCHED UP: 'Makes a strong case for nothing less than a revolution' Emma Watson

'A superb primer on everything that is wrong with our world - and how we can start to change it' NEW INTERNATIONALIST

DO YOU KNOW WHERE YOUR SHOES COME FROM?

DO YOU KNOW WHERE THEY GO WHEN YOU'RE DONE WITH THEM?

In 2018, 66.3 million pairs of shoes were manufactured across the world every single day. They have never been cheaper to buy, and we have never been more convinced that we need to buy them. Yet their cost to the planet has never been greater.

In this urgent, passionately argued book, Tansy E. Hoskins opens our eyes to the dark origins of the shoes on our feet. Taking us deep into the heart of an industry that is exploiting workers and deceiving consumers, we begin to understand that if we don't act fast, this humble household object will take us to the point of no return.

(p) The Orion Publishing Group Ltd 2020

About Tansy E. Hoskins

Tansy E. Hoskins is an author and journalist based in London. She can be found writing about the textile, clothing and footwear industries for the GUARDIAN, Al Jazeera, i-D, and THE i PAPER, or making TV documentaries. This work has taken her to Bangladesh, Kenya, Macedonia, and to the Topshop warehouses in Solihull. Her first book, the award winning STITCHED UP: THE ANTI-CAPITALIST BOOK OF FASHION was placed on Emma Watson's 'Ultimate Book List.'


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lightblue on July 20, 2022

Assolutamente da leggere, al fine di essere degli acquirenti più consapevoli e non vittime del consumismo e complici di un processo che porta ad approfittare degli ultimi del mondo. Un po' ripetitivo nella parte finale, ma è un lavoro accurato e dettagliato.......more

Goodreads review by Katrina on March 15, 2021

Introduction: What’s Shoes Got to Do with It? p.2 – From Cinderella, to the winged sandals worn by the Greek messenger-god Hermes, to the miraculous boots that their wearer seven leagues with every step, and Dorothy’s ruby slippers in The Wizard of Oz, transformation through footwear in a timeless th......more

Goodreads review by Brian on October 24, 2020

This is a must-read. An important reminder about the impact that our purchases make, not only on the people making them but on the environment.......more

Goodreads review by Calla Reviews (كالا) on April 30, 2021

Is it worth it? I love the clarity that Tanya brings to the subject of footwear. The research that is involved in the making of a book like this. The easy read of it and therefore accessibility to different range of reading abilities. The book gets extremely repetitive though,I'm not sure if that was......more

Goodreads review by Christopher on July 06, 2021

Brilliant a real eye-opener on the practices that go on in the name of sneaker culture and fast fashion. A must read......more


Quotes

Fascinating and eye-opening, FOOT WORK shows brilliantly how a simple everyday object can shed light on the hidden costs of globalisation and environmental degradation

Tansy is one of the sharpest and most committed analysts of the true cost of the stuff we own. FOOT WORK is an absorbing, meticulous and at times completely horrifying account of the shoes on our feet and how that supply chain is marching us towards an even more dystopian future, especially for the workers in the system. Read this and you will make better decisions about all fashion, and all consumer goods in the future

From the first cottage industries to the use of robots, from sneakerheads to Syrian refugees, and from the abattoir to homeworkers in Asia, FOOT WORK tackles all aspects of the shoe industry. But it does much more, too, by placing footwear manufacture in the wider context of globalisation, capitalism and consumerism. A superb primer on everything that is wrong with our world - and how we can start to change it NEW INTERNATIONALIST

Makes a strong case for nothing less than a revolution

A book that hangs like a garment on a coat-hanger. A garment with many pockets. In the pockets numberless notes and remarks about clothes and history. Take it off the hanger and put it on. By which I mean - read it and walk through history

An incredible accomplishment