Surrealist sabotage and the war on work / Abigail Susik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Susik, Abigail, 1977- author.

Series:

Manchester scholarship online.

Manchester scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Surrealism.

Work in art.

Sabotage.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour); digital file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2021.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

data file

Summary:

'Surrealist Sabotage and the War on Work' is an art historical study devoted to international surrealism's critique of wage labour between 1920 and 1980. Topics such as automatism, artworks across media, radical publications and social interventions are examined in relation to the movement's ongoing demand for non-alienated work.

Contents:

Front Matter

Dedication

Contents

List of plates

List of figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Genealogy of the surrealist work refusal

Surrealist automatism as symbolic sabotage

Óscar Domínguez: autonomy and autoeroticism

Direct action surrealism in Chicago

Epilogue: override dysfunctions and the 'Klapheck computer'

Select bibliography

Index

Plates.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781526166470

152616647X

9781526155009

1526155001

9781526155023

1526155028

OCLC:

1281893056