Kawamura presents the first academic study of sneakers footwear and the contemporary and emerging United States and international subculture that surrounds them. The author covers the placement
of sneakers within sociology, academic research on footwear, sneakers as a subculture, sneakers as a symbol of manhood, and many other related subjects over the course of the book’s five
chapters. Kawamura is a faculty member of the Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
