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The traumatic surreal
Germanophone women artists and Surrealism after the Second World War
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English
Published/Copyright:
2022
About this book
The traumatic surreal is the first major study to examine the ground-breaking role played by Germanophone women artists working in surrealist traditions in responding to the traumatic events and legacies of the Second World War. Analysing works in a variety of media by leading artists and writers, the book redefines the post-war trajectories of surrealism and recalibrates critical understandings of the movement’s relations to historical trauma. Chapters address artworks, writings and compositions by the Swiss Meret Oppenheim, the German Unica Zürn, the Austrian Birgit Jürgenssen, the Luxembourg-Austrian Bady Minck and the Austrian Olga Neuwirth and her collaboration with fellow Austrian Nobel-prize winning novelist Elfriede Jelinek. Locating each artist in their historical context, the book traces the development of the traumatic surreal through the wartime and post-war period.
Author / Editor information
Contributor: Patricia Allmer
Patricia Allmer is Chancellor's Fellow at the Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh
Reviews
'...a groundbreaking book that offers new perspectives on female positions and lineages in the history of surrealism.'
Woman's Art Journal
‘…a welcome addition to recent scholarship on both the women of, and inspired by, Surrealism, and the role of trauma in contemporary art.’
The Burlington Magazine
Woman's Art Journal
‘…a welcome addition to recent scholarship on both the women of, and inspired by, Surrealism, and the role of trauma in contemporary art.’
The Burlington Magazine
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Front Matter
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Dedication
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Contents
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List of Figures
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Acknowledgments
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Introduction
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1 Meret Oppenheim’s hauntologies
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2 Unica Zürn’s pathographies
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3 Birgit Jürgenssen’s abjections
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4 Bady Minck’s tourist imaginaries
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5 Olga Neuwirth/Elfriede Jelinek
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Bibliography
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Index
255
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eBook published on:
September 13, 2023
eBook ISBN:
9781526149800
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eBook ISBN:
9781526149800
Keywords for this book
Surrealism; women artists; trauma; Second World War; Unica Zürn; Meret Oppenheim; Birgit Jürgenssen; Olga Neuwirth; Bady Minck; Elfriede Jelinek
Audience(s) for this book
For a non-specialist adult audience
