| Description |
x, 173 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Two Pictures -- Ch. 2. The War and After: A Contextual Analysis -- Ch. 3. Inventing a Political Culture -- Ch. 4. The Surrealist Critique of History -- Ch. 5. Imaging a Political Culture -- Ch. 6. Conclusions |
| Summary |
"While it is common knowledge in Surrealist studies that the Surrealists appropriated historical figures such as Giuseppe Arcimboldo and the Marquis de Sade as "proto-Surrealist," the significance of this aspect of the Surrealist project has rarely been addressed. Theorizing Surrealism as a "political culture," Making History brings to light the politicized nature of history writing by examining the Surrealists' construction of an "anti-canon," one which would critique and expose the biases of the conventional Western canon, while simultaneously buttressing the Surrealists' attempt to create a coherent, yet subversive alternative sub-culture. Indeed Making History will suggest that the Surrealists performatively revealed that history can be not only a form of oppression, but a form of protest as well."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Surrealism -- Political aspects.
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Arts, Modern -- 20th century.
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| LC no. |
00002371 |
| ISBN |
0761822100 |
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