Refusal of the Shadow - Surrealism and the Caribbean (Paperback, New)

In 1932, at the peak of French colonialism, a group of Martiniquan students at the Sorbonne established a Caribbean Surrealist Group, and published a single issue of a journal called Legitime defense. Immediately banned by the authorities, it passed almost unnoticed at the time. Yet it began a remarkable series of debates between surrealism and Caribbean intellectuals that had a profound impact on the struggle for cultural identity. In the next two decades these exchanges greatly influenced the evolution of the concept of negritude, initiated revolution in Haiti in 1946, and crucially affected the development of surrealism itself. This fascinating book presents a series of key texts-most of them never before translated into English-which reveal the complexity of this relationship between black anti-colonialist movements in the Caribbean and the most radical of the European avant-gardes. Included are Rene Menil's subtle philosophical essays and the fierce polemics of Aime and Suzanne Cesaire, appreciations of surrealism by Haitian writers, lyrical evocations of the Caribbean by Andre Breton and Andre Masson, and rich explorations of Haiti and voodoo religion by Pierre Mabille and Michel Leiris.

General

Imprint:	Verso Books
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 1996
First published:	1996
Editors:	Michael Richardson
Translators:	Krzysztof Fijalkowski • Michael Richardson
Contributors:	Rene Menil • Jules-Marcel Monnerot • Maurice-Sabas Quitman • Etienne Lero • Aime Cesaire • Suzanne Cesaire • Andre Breton
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	302
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-85984-018-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Black studies Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > Imperialism Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political structure & processes > Colonization & independence Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > Art styles, First World War to 1960 > Surrealism & Dada Promotions
LSN:	1-85984-018-3
Barcode:	9781859840184

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