Just as a Satanist turns the crucifix upside down to invert
Christian law, so does the foot lover stand the human body on its head to affect
whatever is above by making love from below (Chapter: "Melting clocks, Melting
Bodies" from Joseph Lanza´s "Gravity" , Quartet Books , 1997
)
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After
seeing the photographs of the reversable doll, Carolyn Kunin observed:
"I have seen something like this - - but not as a toy, on stage in an 18th
century opera. It was quite amusing, but I don't remember the specifics. It was
a "historical" staging, so probably something like this was
done".
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