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Obscure objects of desire : surrealism, fetishism, and politics / Johanna Malt.
Fine Arts Library NX456.5.S8 M35 2004
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Malt, Johanna
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Surrealism.
- Human body--Symbolic aspects.
- Human body.
- Arts--Political aspects.
- Arts.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 234 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
- Summary:
- Through the analysis of narratives, paintings and objets surr'ealistes by Breton, Aragon, Dall, and others, Malt examines how the object emerges as psychologically and historically marked in the surrealist context, functioning as both fetish and fetishized commodity. Responding to recent debates about the role of the uncanny and the representation of the body in surrealist art and literature, Malt's study offers new perspectives on familiar works such as the paintings of Salvador Dall as well as illuminating relatively neglected ones such as Breton's poemes-objets.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [222]-230) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0199253420
- OCLC:
- 54103808
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