Anarchism and the Advent of Paris Dada - Art and Criticism 1914-1924

Zusatztext 'Theresa Papanikolas's book on Paris Dada revises our understanding of this seminal movement which - in contrast to Berlin and Zurich Dada - has been too readily dismissed as lacking an ideological focus. The author's fresh perspective enables her to reconfigure the history of the movement in an exciting way that offers new insight on Paris Dadaist art and writing.' Mark Antliff! author of Avant-Garde Fascism: The Mobilization of Myth! Art and Culture in France! 1909-1939 Informationen zum Autor Theresa Papanikolas is Curator of European and American Art at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, USA. Klappentext Anarchism and the Advent of Paris Dada is the first book-length study to interrogate the Paris Dadaists' complex and often contested position in the postwar groundswell of anarchoindividualism. Drawing on such surviving documentation as correspondence, criticism, periodicals, pamphlets, and manifestoes, this book argues that, contrary to received wisdom, Dada was driven by a vision of social change through radical cultural upheaval. Zusammenfassung Sheds light on Paris Dada's role in developing the anarchist and individualist philosophies that helped shape the cultural dialogue in France following the First World War. This book argues that, contrary to received wisdom, Dada was driven by a vision of social change through radical cultural upheaval. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Introduction; Anarchism and anarcho-individualism in postwar France; Constructing a postwar humanity: creative individualism and social responsibility; Deconstructing culture: revolutionary anarchism in Zurich and Paris Dada; Paris Dada and culture: critical responses; Towards a new construction: Breton's break with Dada and the formation of Surrealism; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Theresa Papanikolas, Papanikolas Theresa
• Assisted by: Theresa Papanikolas (Editor)
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2010
• EAN: 9780754666264
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-6626-4
• No. of pages: 250
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 241 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; French, Cultural Studies, France, LITERARY CRITICISM / European / French, ART / European, ART / History / Modern (late 19th Century to 1945), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Anarchism, Surrealism, History of Art, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Art & Design Styles: Surrealism & Dada, Anarchism, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period)