A Companion to Dada and Surrealism (Blackwell Companions to Art History)

This excellent overview of new research on Dada and Surrealism blends expert synthesis of the latest scholarship with completely new research, offering historical coverage as well as in-depth discussion of thematic areas ranging from criminality to gender. This book provides an excellent overview of new research on Dada and Surrealism from some of the finest established and up-and-coming scholars in the field Offers historical coverage as well as in–depth discussion of thematic areas ranging from criminality to gender One of the first studies to produce global coverage of the two movements, it also includes a section dealing with the critical and cultural aftermath of Dada and Surrealism in the later twentieth century Dada and Surrealism are arguably the most popular areas of modern art, both in the academic and public spheres Dada And Surrealism Are Two Of The Most Influential, Provocative, And Intellectually Demanding Areas Of Twentieth Century Art. A Companion To Dada And Surrealism Provides An Excellent Overview Of New Research In The Area From Some Of The Finest Established And Up-and-coming Scholars In The Field. Blending Expert Synthesis Of The Latest Scholarship With Previously Unpublished Research Findings, The Book Offers Detailed Historical Coverage As Well As In-depth And Innovative Discussion Of Thematic Areas Such As Childhood, Natural History, Counterculture, Criminality, Sexuality, And Gender. One Of The First Studies To Produce Global Coverage Of The Two Movements Together, This Unique Overview Addresses The Themes That Unite Them, But Also Looks At Them As Discrete, Albeit Partially Overlapping, Entities. The Companion Is Divided Into Three Sections: The First Offers A Complete Historical Account Of The Movements In An Expanded Global Context. The Second Provides A Series Of Essays On Key Themes Shared, To A Greater Or Lesser Extent, By The Movements. The Final Section Deals With The Critical And Cultural Aftermath Of Dada And Surrealism In The Later Twentieth Century. Re-defining The Research Field, This Text Provides An Invaluable Companion For Both Scholars And Students. David Hopkins Is Professor Of Art History At The University Of Glasgow. An Acknowledged Expert On Dada And Surrealism, He Has Published Widely On These Movements, And On Artists Such As Marcel Duchamp And Max Ernst. --book Jacket. Machine Generated Contents Note: 1. Dada's Genesis: Zurich / David Hopkins -- 2. Neue Jugend: A Case Study In Berlin Dada / Debbie Lewer -- 3. Dada Migrations: Definition, Dispersal, And The Case Of Schwitters / Sherwin Simmons -- 4. New York Dada: From End To Beginning / Michael White -- 5. Nothing, Ventured: Paris Dada Into Surrealism / David Hopkins -- 6. Surrealism And The Question Of Politics, 1925-1939 / Elizabeth Legge -- 7. Other Surrealisms: Center And Periphery In International Perspective / Raymond Spiteri -- 8. Dada And Surrealism In Japan / Michael Richardson -- 9. Dada And Surrealism In Central And Eastern Europe / Majella Munro -- 10. Surrealism In Latin America / Krzysztof Fijalkowski -- 11. Dissemination: The Dada And Surrealist Journals / Dawn Ades -- 12. Artists Into Curators: Dada And Surrealist Exhibition Practices / Emily Hage -- 13. Dada And Surrealist Poetics / Adam Jolles -- 14. Chance And Automatism: Genealogies Of The Dissociative In Dada And Surrealism / Eric Robertson -- 15. Crime/insurrection / Abigail Susik -- 16. Re-enchantment: Surrealist Discourses Of Childhood, Hermeticism, And The Outmoded / Jonathan P. Eburne -- 17. Surrealism And Natural History: Nature And The Marvelous In Breton And Caillois / David Hopkins -- 18. Surrealist Collection: Ghosts In The Laboratory / Donna Roberts -- 19. Ethnographic Turn / Katharine Conley -- 20. Desire Bound: Violence, Body, Machine / Julia Kelly -- 21. Equivocal Gender: Dada/surrealism And Sexual Politics Between The Wars / Neil Cox -- 22. Feminist Interventions: Revising The Canon / Tirza True Latimer -- 23. Surrealist Movement Since The 1940s / Patricia Allmer -- 24. Dada, Surrealism And Their Heritage? The North American Reception Of Dada And Surrealism / Steven Harris -- 25. Surrealism And Counterculture / James Boaden -- 26. Assimilation: Objects; Commodities; Fashion / Elliott H. King -- 27. Sightings: Surrealist Idiolect, Gothic Marxism, Global Perils / Ulrich Lehmann. Edited By David Hopkins. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.