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Autore |
Blyn Robin |
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Titolo |
The freak-garde : extraordinary bodies and revolutionary art in America |
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[Place of publication not identified], : University of Minnesota Press, 2013 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (321 pages) |
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Soggetti |
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Arts - Experimental methods - 20th century - United States |
Arts, American - Themes, motives |
Freak shows |
Art, Architecture & Applied Arts |
Fine Arts - General |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Unbecoming Subjects: Freak Shows and the American Avant-garde -- 1 A Curious Education: Mark Twain's Corporate Persons -- 2 Between Silence and Sound: The Lon Chaney Sensation -- 3 Decadence in the Age of Fascism: Djuna Barnes's Freak Dandies -- 4 Dada in Hollywood: Nathanael West's Human Machines -- 5 The Biology of Revolution: Mapping Mutation with Diane Arbus -- Coda. Barnum & -- Bailey & -- Barney: Freak Show at the Guggenheim -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Freak-garde traces the arts of the freak show from P. T. Barnum to Matthew Barney, demonstrating how a form of mass culture entertainment became the basis for a distinctly American avant-garde tradition. Robin Blyn establishes innovative approaches to American avant-garde practices and embodiment and lays the foundation for a more nuanced understanding of the disruptive potential of art under capitalism. |
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