Reading Claude Cahun's Disavowals
Seiten
2013
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-4094-0787-4 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-4094-0787-4 (ISBN)
The first monograph on a groundbreaking Surrealist masterpiece, Reading Claude Cahun's Disavowals offers a comprehensive account of Cahun's most important published work, Aveux non avenus (Disavowals). This study pays careful attention to the complex interrelationship between the photomontages and writings of Aveux non avenus.
The first monograph on a Surrealist cult classic, Reading Claude Cahun's Disavowals offers a comprehensive account of Cahun's most important published work, Aveux non avenus (Disavowals), 1930. Jennifer L. Shaw provides an encompassing interpretation of this groundbreaking work, paying careful attention to the complex interrelationship between the photomontages and writings of Aveux non avenus. This study argues that the texts and images of Aveux non avenus not only explore Cahun's own subjectivity, they formulate a trenchant social and cultural critique. Shaw explores how Cahun's work both calls into question the dominant culture of interwar France - with its traditional gender roles, religious conservatism, and pronatalism - and takes to task the era's artistic avant-garde and in particular its models of desire. This volume cuts across the disciplinary boundaries of interwar art studies, demonstrating how one artist's personal exploration intervened in wider contemporary debates about the purpose of art, the role of women in French culture, and the status of homosexuality, in the aftermath of World War I.
The first monograph on a Surrealist cult classic, Reading Claude Cahun's Disavowals offers a comprehensive account of Cahun's most important published work, Aveux non avenus (Disavowals), 1930. Jennifer L. Shaw provides an encompassing interpretation of this groundbreaking work, paying careful attention to the complex interrelationship between the photomontages and writings of Aveux non avenus. This study argues that the texts and images of Aveux non avenus not only explore Cahun's own subjectivity, they formulate a trenchant social and cultural critique. Shaw explores how Cahun's work both calls into question the dominant culture of interwar France - with its traditional gender roles, religious conservatism, and pronatalism - and takes to task the era's artistic avant-garde and in particular its models of desire. This volume cuts across the disciplinary boundaries of interwar art studies, demonstrating how one artist's personal exploration intervened in wider contemporary debates about the purpose of art, the role of women in French culture, and the status of homosexuality, in the aftermath of World War I.
Jennifer L. Shaw is Professor of Art History in the Department of Art and Art History at Sonoma State University, USA.
Contents: Introduction: exist otherwise; Refiguring romance; Narcissus and the magic mirror; Reimagining art and (homo)sexuality: against idealization; Mirrors of femininity, sensuality, and desire; Games, dreams, and Surrealism; Conclusion: after Disavowals; Bibliography; Index.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 20.12.2013 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Studies in Surrealism |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 174 x 246 mm |
| Gewicht | 589 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4094-0787-X / 140940787X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4094-0787-4 / 9781409407874 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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