Making History: Surrealism and the Invention of a Political Culture

Author:   Kirsten Strom
Publisher:   University Press of America
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9780761822103


Pages:   184
Publication Date:   18 February 2002
Format:   Hardback
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In Making History, Kirsten Strom investigates the Surrealists' radical critique of history and historical authorship.

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Author:   Kirsten Strom
Publisher:   University Press of America
Imprint:   University Press of America
Dimensions:   Width: 14.30cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.30cm
Weight:   0.327kg
ISBN:  

9780761822103


ISBN 10:   0761822100
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   18 February 2002
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 List of Figures Chapter 2 Acknowledgements Chapter 3 Two Pictures Chapter 4 The War and After: A Contextual Analysis Chapter 5 Inventing a Political Culture Chapter 6 The Surrealist Critique of History Chapter 7 Imaging a Political Culture Chapter 8 Conclusions Chapter 9 Notes Chapter 10 Bibliography Chapter 11 Index

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This slim, elegant and touching volume opens up the question of the political intentions of surrealism?Strom's erudition has resulted in a masterful short book that could work wonders as an introduction to surrealism, as a debut of modernist art history and as a political primer for those many youth with hair dyed green who would like to oppose the dead hand of today's dogmatic academic leftism. -- Kirby Olson Literary Research This slim, elegant and touching volume opens up the question of the political intentions of surrealism!Strom's erudition has resulted in a masterful short book that could work wonders as an introduction to surrealism, as a debut of modernist art history and as a political primer for those many youth with hair dyed green who would like to oppose the dead hand of today's dogmatic academic leftism. -- Kirby Olson Literary Research


This slim, elegant and touching volume opens up the question of the political intentions of surrealism?Strom's erudition has resulted in a masterful short book that could work wonders as an introduction to surrealism, as a debut of modernist art history and as a political primer for those many youth with hair dyed green who would like to oppose the dead hand of today's dogmatic academic leftism. -- Kirby Olson, SUNY- Delhi * Literary Research * This slim, elegant and touching volume opens up the question of the political intentions of surrealism…Strom's erudition has resulted in a masterful short book that could work wonders as an introduction to surrealism, as a debut of modernist art history and as a political primer for those many youth with hair dyed green who would like to oppose the dead hand of today's dogmatic academic leftism. -- Kirby Olson, SUNY- Delhi * Literary Research *


This slim, elegant and touching volume opens up the question of the political intentions of surrealism Strom's erudition has resulted in a masterful short book that could work wonders as an introduction to surrealism, as a debut of modernist art history and as a political primer for those many youth with hair dyed green who would like to oppose the dead hand of today's dogmatic academic leftism.--Kirby Olson Literary Research


This slim, elegant and touching volume opens up the question of the political intentions of surrealism?Strom's erudition has resulted in a masterful short book that could work wonders as an introduction to surrealism, as a debut of modernist art history and as a political primer for those many youth with hair dyed green who would like to oppose the dead hand of today's dogmatic academic leftism.>>>--Kirby Olson Literary Research


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Kirsten Strom is Assistant Professor of Art History at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan.

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