Irrational Modernism A Neurasthenic History of New York Dada

Name: Irrational Modernism A Neurasthenic History of New York Dada
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ISBN: 9780262600668

ISBN-10: 0262600668

ISBN-13: 9780262600668

Edition: 2005

Authors: Amelia Jones

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In "Irrational Modernism, Amelia Jones gives us a history of New York Dada, reinterpreted in relation to the life and works of Baroness Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven. Jones enlarges our conception of New York Dada beyond the male avant-garde heroics of Marcel Duchamp, Man Ray, and Francis Picabia to include the rebellious body of the Baroness. If they practiced Dada, she lived it, with her unorthodox personal life, wild assemblage objects, radical poetry and prose, and the flamboyant self-displays by which she became her own work of art. Through this reinterpretation, Jones not only provides a revisionist history of an art movement but also suggests a new method of art history. Jones argues…

Book details

List price: $70.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 9/23/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 7.99" wide x 8.98" long x 1.03" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English



Acknowledgments



The Baroness and Neurasthenic Art History



War / Equivocal Masculinities



Dysfunctional Machines / Dysfunctional Subjects



The City / Wandering, Neurasthenic Subjects



"Death in Reverse": A Provisional Conclusion


Notes


Index