Claude Cahun - A Sensual Politics of Photography

This is the first single-authored book in English on the photographer Claude Cahun, whose work was rediscovered in the 1980s. Addressing Cahun's ambivalent relationship with Symbolism and later relationship with Surrealism, this highly readable book also looks at Cahun's unusual approach to the domestic object.

List of contents

List of Illustrations, Acknowledgements, A Brief Chronology, Introduction, 1. Medusa and Her Sisters, 2. Masks, Masquerades and Mirrors, 3. Love, Politics and What She Wore, 4. Politics and Its Objects, Afterword, Notes, Select Bibliography, Index

About the author

Doy is Lecturer in.at De Montfot University. She is the author of 'Picturing the Self', 'Drapery' and 'Black Visual Culture' (all I.B.Tauris).

Product details

• Authors: Gen Doy, Doy Gen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.06.2025
• EAN: 9781032220130
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3222013-0
• No. of pages: 228
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; PHOTOGRAPHY / Individual Photographers / General, Individual photographers