Feet-Ishism (Temptation) [Hardcover]

Hans-Jurgen Dopp (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2002 | Series: Temptation

How is it that the foot and the toes are credited with such strong sexual connotations? We don't know, but damn we love a good footrub... Mmmm.

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About the Author

Dopp taught for a number of years at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt, where he held a chair of psychoanalytical interpretation, as well as the cultural history of erotic art. For the past thirty years, he has been an avid collector of erotic art and has gained international recognition through various exhibitions and publications.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 96 pages
• Publisher: Parkstone Press (January 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1859958206
• ISBN-13: 978-1859958209
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,455,450 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely dreadful, avoid it, June 15, 2005

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Feet-Ishism (Temptation) (Hardcover)

You may have noticed, as I have, that people seem reluctant to review fetish material on Amazon. Justifiably so. Well, this "Kid" has taken it upon himself to review some foot fetish books he's picked up on Amazon for the benefit of those considering ordering them.

This book is absolutely awful. Clocking in at about 50 pages, it is mostly pictures of details from paintings of the Victorian era, classical Japan and a few bizarre modern ones. Dopp includes a few paragraphs about the history of the concept of fetish, only about half of which pertains to foot fetish...and in this scant material he devotes most of that to a discussion of his opinion that the classical German author Goethe was a foot fetishist. My goodness, this is so interesting.

Beware of the PUBLISHER'S claim that the book is full of enjoyable illustrations. I found myself turning the pages angrily in hopes that there might actually be SOME erotic pictures of female feet. For some inexplicable reason, the author chose mostly pictures of women lying prone with a focus on their lower bodies, or of fully-clothed women in boots sitting on windowsills.

I should have expected no less from a German. Don't get me wrong, I am half German, but as fetishists they're known to delve into the bizarre and esoteric. This is by NO MEANS a book, in my opinion, that will interest any modern American foot fetishist, whether his/her interest lie in the erotic image of the bare foot or in the nature of the fetish itself.

More highly recommended is "Foot: A Playful Biography," which this "Kid" has also reviewed. Or just google "bare female feet" and you might be happier.

1.0 out of 5 stars not worth the time, February 20, 2011

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R. Greenwood (Marysville,CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Feet-ishism (Reveries) (Hardcover)

I decided to purchase this book to aid in some related psychology studies. I found that this book provided very little insight into any fetish of any type and was laced with images that although some would call art, I found mildly offensive for this type of book. There are some passages of the book which show some promise of providing some pertinent information, but after you turn the page, you find that your hopes are immediately dashed and you are visually stunned by ancient images of couples engaging in various sexually themed acts. This book will not provide you with any insight nor will it serve to educate. IT is poorly written and is not what it appears to be...