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""Sophisticated and bold, The Persistence of Masks links surrealist fascinations with marginal forms of subjectivity to a latent ethnographic practice distilled through intellectual activities and creative practices. Joyce Suechun Cheng reinvigorates the debates central to the movement’s rich history in ways that honor its profound theoretical legacy."" - Natalya Lusty, author of Surrealism, Feminism, Psychoanalysis ""An astonishing and necessary scholarly contribution, The Persistence of Masks revalues the relation between surrealism and the discipline of anthropology. Joyce Suechun Cheng dives deep into the archives of surrealism to tell a nuanced story of a generative encounter with the aims and ambits of anthropological inquiry."" - Edgar Garcia, author of Emergency: Reading the Popol Vuh in a Time of Crisis

""Sophisticated and bold, The Persistence of Masks links surrealist fascinations with marginal forms of subjectivity to a latent ethnographic practice distilled through intellectual activities and creative practices. Joyce Suechun Cheng reinvigorates the debates central to the movement's rich history in ways that honor its profound theoretical legacy.""--Natalya Lusty, author of Surrealism, Feminism, Psychoanalysis ""An astonishing and necessary scholarly contribution, The Persistence of Masks revalues the relation between surrealism and the discipline of anthropology. Joyce Suechun Cheng dives deep into the archives of surrealism to tell a nuanced story of a generative encounter with the aims and ambits of anthropological inquiry.""--Edgar Garcia, author of Emergency: Reading the Popol Vuh in a Time of Crisis

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Joyce Suechun Cheng is associate professor of art history at the University of Oregon. Her essays and articles on dada, surrealism, and primitivism have appeared in journals such as Modernism/modernity; Res: Anthropology and Aesthetics; and Gradhiva.

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