Yale French Studies, Number 109 - Surrealism and Its Others (Paperback, New)

This issue of "Yale French Studies" on "Surrealism and Its Others"examines the works and theories of writers, artists, and thinkers who positioned themselves and their productions in dialogue with Breton's surrealism. Although surrealism always sought to distinguish itself from other movements and ideologies, its members often celebrated their commonality with many "others" outside of the official group with whom they shared their passions: Marxists, visual artists, filmmakers, psychiatrists, and ethnographers.
Each of the writers, artists, and thinkers examined here were either temporarily associated with surrealism or were influenced by its collective and open spirit, even if in a primarily opposing or questioning role. In some cases, this outside perspective came from as close as Belgium and other European countries. In other cases, it came from farther away - from North Africa or North America - which reveals surrealism's engagement with non-European, formerly colonized cultures, reflects its staunchly anti-colonial stance, and confirms the movement as something more than an aesthetic phenomenon. Along with its aesthetic mission, surrealism was also, and perhaps more importantly, a powerful political and social reality. This issue examines works by artists, writers, and theorists who were all, in their own ways, located outside of yet close to surrealism and who provide us with a new perspective on this avant-garde and modernist movement.
MartineAntle "Surrealism and the Orient"
Adam Jolles "The Tactile Turn: Envisioning a Post-Colonial Aesthetic in France"
Jonathan P. Eburne "Automatism and Terror: Surrealism, Theory, and the Postwar Left"
Pierre Taminiaux "Breton and Trotsky: The Revolutionary Memory of Surrealism"
Richard Stamelman "Photography: The Marvelous Precipitate of Desire"
Robert Harvey "Where's Duchamp?--Out Queering the Field"
Raphaelle Moine "From Surrealist Cinema to Surrealism in the Cinema: Does a Surrealist Genre Exist in Film?"
Georgiana M. M. Colvile "Between Surrealism and Magic Realism: The Early Feature Films of Andre Delvaux, 1926-2002--the Other Delvaux"
Katharine Conley "Surrealism and Outsider Art: From the Automatic Message to Andre Breton's Collection"

General

Imprint:	Yale University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Yale French Studies
Release date:	June 2006
First published:	July 2006
Editors:	Katharine Conley • Pierre Taminiaux
Dimensions:	235 x 156 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	160
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-300-11072-2
Categories:	Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Interdisciplinary studies > Cultural studies > General Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > Art styles, First World War to 1960 > Surrealism & Dada
LSN:	0-300-11072-3
Barcode:	9780300110722

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