Americanizing Surrealism: Cultural Challenges in the Magnetic Fields

Any attempt at surveying American Surrealisms is likely to attract a certain amount of suspicion insofar as there has never existed such a thing as a large organic Surrealist movement in the United States. Instead, Surrealist activity in America has been characterized by interactions, exchanges, an...

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Autors principals: Reynes-Delobel, Anne, Mansanti, Céline
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicat: Miranda 2017
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Accés en línia:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sumari:Any attempt at surveying American Surrealisms is likely to attract a certain amount of suspicion insofar as there has never existed such a thing as a large organic Surrealist movement in the United States. Instead, Surrealist activity in America has been characterized by interactions, exchanges, and influences in a number of heterogeneous fields, at different times and in different forms. Despite these discontinuities, between 1920 and 1940, contact with European Surrealism significantly sha...