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Surrealism and the exotic / / Louise Tythacott



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Autore: Tythacott Louise Visualizza persona
Titolo: Surrealism and the exotic / / Louise Tythacott Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 260 pages) : illustrations, map
Disciplina: 709.04063
709/.04/063
Soggetto topico: Surrealism
Exoticism in art
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. Océanie: 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
Titolo autorizzato: Surrealism and the exotic  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-415-75376-7
1-134-47520-9
1-280-07067-6
0-203-21875-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910783967703321
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