1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910799997103321

Autore

Tythacott Louise

Titolo

Surrealism and the exotic / / Louise Tythacott

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

0-415-75376-7

1-134-47520-9

1-280-07067-6

0-203-21875-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xii, 260 pages) : illustrations, map

Disciplina

709.04063

709/.04/063

Soggetti

Surrealism

Exoticism in art

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-252) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Surrealism and the Exotic; Copyright; Contents; List of plates; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Surrealism and ethnologie: subversive ideologies; Part I: Cults; Chapter 1. The culture of Surrealism; Part II: The primitive: ideologiesand objects; Chapter 2. The primitive: Fantasy, theory, Surrealist ideology; Chapter 3. The primitive object; Part III: Voyages; Chapter 4. Africanismes; Chapter 5. OceĢanie: Re-mapping the world; Chapter 6. North America: The search for the familiar on unfamiliar terrain; Chapter 7. Mexico and the Caribbean: 'Magic as part of everyday life'; Part IV: Anthropologies; Chapter 8. Michel Leiris: An anthropology of the 'self'; Chapter 9. Georges Bataille: An anthropology of otherness; Afterword; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Surrealism and the Exotic is the story of the obsessive relationship between surrealist and non-western culture.  Describing the travels across Africa, Oceania, Mexico and the Caribbean made by wealthy aesthetes, it combines an insight into the mentality of early twentieth century collectors with an overview of the artistic heritage at stake in these adventures. Featuring more than 70 photographs of artefacts, exhibitions and expeditions-in-progress, it brings to life the climate of hedonism enjoyed by Breton, Ernst, Durkheim, and Mauss, It is an



unparalleled introduction to the Surre