FSN 510 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Sigmund Freud, The Glass Slipper, Ruby Slippers
21 Oct 2018
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The writer elaine webster asked various people what red shoes reminded them of resulting in various responses. Various people she initially interviewed said that they thought of children story"s (ex. These women had a deeper connection, recalling childhood stories that lived in memories. A smaller group of people, had different association, relating the red shoes to illicit sex. Many of the linked these shoes to being sexually active. When elaine webster asked men, many of them related these shoes to sexual passion and fetishism. Red shoes are connected to literature, fashion and dress, each resonating in different cultural and social groups. Red shoes are considered powerful because they appear in so different foci-cultures (ex. linked to children stories and sexual women) Red shoes are never considered to be a neutral clothing item. Do not conform to the usual trajectory of fashion fads. Carry a longevity of curious and disruptive traits. Taking a literary socio-historical approach to expose sexual undertone.
