Surrealism, Politics and Culture

by Raymond Spiteri (Editor), Donald Lacoss (Editor)

Overview

This title was first published in 2003. Drawing on literary, art historical and historical studies, this essay collection explores the complex encounter between culture and politics within Surrealism. The Surrealist movement was one of the first cultural movements to question explicitly the relation between culture and politics, and its attempt to fuse social and cultural revolution has been a critical factor in shaping our sense of modernity. This anthology addresses not only the contested ground between culture and politics within Surrealism itself, and within the subsequent historical accounts of the movement, but also the broader implications of this encounter on our own sense of modernity. Its goal is to delineate the role of radical politics in shaping the historical trajectory of Surrealism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138715691
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/20/2024
Series:	Routledge Revivals
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Spiteri, Raymond; Lacoss, Donald

Table of Contents

General Editors' Preface vii

List of Illustrations viii

List of Contributors xii

Acknowledgments xiv

List of Abbreviations xv

Introduction: Revolution by Night: Surrealism, Politics and Culture Raymond Spiteri Donald LaCoss 1

1 The Politics of Surrealism, 1920-36 Robert Short 18

2 Towards a New Construction: Breton's Break with Dada and the Formation of Surrealism Theresa Papanikolas 37

3 Surrealism and the Political Physiognomy of the Marvellous Raymond Spiteri 52

4 Advertising Surrealist Masculinities: André Kertész in Paris Amy Lyford 73

5 Surrealism Noir Jonathan P. Eburne 91

6 Surrealist Racial Politics at the Borders of 'Reason': Whiteness, Primitivism and Négritude Amanda Stansell 111

7 Painting and Politics: Miró's Still Life with Old Shoe and the Spanish Republic Robert S. Lubar 127

8 Of Politics, Postcards and Pornography: Salvador Dalí's Le Mythe tragique de l'Angélus de Millet Jordana Mendelson 161

9 Surrealism in 1938: The Exhibition at War Elena Filipovic 179

10 For an Independent Revolutionary Art: Breton, Trotsky and Cárdenas's Mexico Robin Adèle Greeley 204

11 Aimé Césaire's Insurrectionary Poetics E. San Juan, Jr. 226

12 Hans Bellmer's Libidinal Politics Alyce Mahon 246

13 Attacks of the Fantastic Donald LaCoss 267

14 Failure and Community: Preliminary Questions on the Political in the Culture of Surrealism M. Stone-Richards 300

Appendix I Notes in the Hand of Léon Pierre-Quint Being the Record of a Conversation Théodore Fraenkel 337

Index 341