Photography and Surrealism - Sexuality, Colonialism and Social Dissent

Informationen zum Autor David Bate is Course Leader in MA Photographic Studies & Senior Lecturer in Photography Theory, University of Westminster, London. Klappentext David Bate examines automatism and the photographic image, the Surrealist passion for insanity, ambivalent use of Orientalism, use of Sadean philosophy and the effect of fascism of the Surrealists. The book is illustrated wtih a wide range of surrealist photographs. Zusammenfassung David Bate examines automatism and the photographic image, the Surrealist passion for insanity, ambivalent use of Orientalism, use of Sadean philosophy and the effect of fascism of the Surrealists. The book is illustrated wtih a wide range of surrealist photographs. Inhaltsverzeichnis What is a Surrealist photograph?; the automatic image; sadness and sanity; the oriental signifier; the Sadean eye; black object, white subject; the truth of the colonies; fascism and exile.

Product details

• Authors: David Bate, Bate David, David Bates
• Publisher: Tauris, I.B.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781860643798
• ISBN: 978-1-86064-379-8
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 234 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Photography & photographs, The arts: general issues, ART / General, ART / History / General, PHOTOGRAPHY / General, PHOTOGRAPHY / History, PHOTOGRAPHY / Business Aspects, Photography and photographs, The arts: general topics