Surrealism, Occultism and Politics
In Search of the Marvellous
Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, General Art, Art History
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781351379021 | |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | October 16, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781351379021 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | October 16, 2017 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
This volume examines the relationship between occultism and Surrealism, specifically exploring the reception and appropriation of occult thought, motifs, tropes and techniques by Surrealist artists and writers in Europe and the Americas, from the 1920s through the 1960s. Its central focus is the specific use of occultism as a site of political and social resistance, ideological contestation, subversion and revolution. Additional focus is placed on the ways occultism was implicated in Surrealist discourses on identity, gender, sexuality, utopianism and radicalism.
This volume examines the relationship between occultism and Surrealism, specifically exploring the reception and appropriation of occult thought, motifs, tropes and techniques by Surrealist artists and writers in Europe and the Americas, from the 1920s through the 1960s. Its central focus is the specific use of occultism as a site of political and social resistance, ideological contestation, subversion and revolution. Additional focus is placed on the ways occultism was implicated in Surrealist discourses on identity, gender, sexuality, utopianism and radicalism.
