Surrealism and the Politics of Eros 1938 To 1968

Name: Surrealism and the Politics of Eros 1938 To 1968
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ISBN: 9780500238219

ISBN-10: 0500238219

ISBN-13: 9780500238219

Edition: 2005

Authors: Alyce Mahon

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In contrast to the orthodox view that surrealism slid into a terminal decline after the 1930s, Alyce Mahon shows that the movement was instead transformed in the war and postwar years as the Surrealists redefined and extended their interests in social crisis, political engagement, transgressive art, myth, the occult, and the erotic. Through "the politics of Eros" the Surrealists attempted to shatter the repression intrinsic to bourgeois society by appealing to individual desire as a route to political consciousness and action. Dr. Mahon analyzes the conception and organization of their four international exhibitions from 1938 to 1965, showing how they evoked a three-dimensional world of…

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List price: $50.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 8.75" wide x 11.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 3.234
Language: English



Introduction : the politics of eros : surrealism in France 1938-1968



Profane illumination : the 1938 surrealist exhibition



Surrealism and World War II



Post-war Paris and 'surrealism in 1947'



Embattled eros



Absolute deviation


Conclusion : the May contestation : surrealism in the streets