Making History
Kirsten Strom · 2002
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About the book
"While it is common knowledge in Surrealist studies that the Surrealists appropriated historical figures such as Giuseppe Arcimboldo and the Marquis de Sade as "proto-Surrealist," the significance of this aspect of the Surrealist project has rarely been addressed. Theorizing Surrealism as a "political culture," Making History brings to light the politicized nature of history writing by examining the Surrealists' construction of an "anti-canon," one which would critique and expose the biases of the conventional Western canon, while simultaneously buttressing the Surrealists' attempt to create a coherent, yet subversive alternative sub-culture. Indeed Making History will suggest that the Surrealists performatively revealed that history can be not only a form of oppression, but a form of protest as well."--BOOK JACKET.
Book details
- Year
- 2002
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- University Press of America
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 184
- ISBN
- 9780761822103
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