The freak-garde : extraordinary bodies and revolutionary art in America

• Autore: Blyn Robin
• Pubblicazione: [Place of publication not identified], : University of Minnesota Press, 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 pages)
• Disciplina: 700.973
• Soggetto topico: Arts - Experimental methods - 20th century - United States; Arts, American - Themes, motives; Freak shows; Art, Architecture & Applied Arts; Fine Arts - General
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The freak-garde : extraordinary bodies and revolutionary art in America
• ISBN: 0-8166-8587-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910964705103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II