Jennifer L. Shaw

Reading Claude Cahun's Disavowals

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Studies in Surrealism
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 246
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 183mm x 253mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 574g
• ISBN-13: 9781409407874
• ISBN-10: 140940787X
• Artikelnr.: 41253744

Autorenporträt

Jennifer L. Shaw is Professor of Art History in the Department of Art and Art History at Sonoma State University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

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.

Rezensionen

'Reading Claude Cahun's Disavowals nous permet ainsi de recadrer le mouvement surréaliste, de mieux comprendre ses répercussions au cours de l'histoire, et de mieux mesurer son ampleur.' Contemporary French Civilization

'Shaw contributes to our understanding of a text that appears at times intriguingly exploratory, at others frustratingly elliptical. The strength of her study lies in the detailed analyses of the photo-montages and their relations to the text, which order Cahun's multiple voices as a coherent whole.' French Studies

'Shaw's book, with its detailed and meticulous contextualized readings of both the photomontages and texts in Disavowals, will be a major addition to the slim list of in-depth studies of photographic books.' CAA Reviews