Papanikolas, Theresa.

Anarchism and the advent of Paris Dada : art and criticism, 1914-1924 / Theresa Papanikolas.

Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2010.

x, 195 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

"Anarchism and the Advent of Paris Dada sheds new light on Paris Dada's role in developing the anarchist and individualist philosophies that helped shape the cultural dialogue in France following the First World War. Drawing on such surviving documentation as correspondence, criticism, periodicals, pamphlets, and manifestoes, this book argues that, contrary to received wisdom, Dada was driven by a vision of social change through radical cultural upheaval.
The first book-length study to interrogate the Paris Dadaists' complex and often contested position in the postwar groundswell of anarcho-individualism, Anarchism and the Advent of Paris Dada offers an unprecedented analysis of Paris Dada literature and art in relation to anarchism, and also revives a variety of little known anarcho-individualist texts and periodicals. In doing so, it reveals the general ideological diversity of the postwar French avant-garde and identifies its anarchist concerns; in addition, it challenges the accepted paradigm that postwar cultural politics were monolithically nationalist. By positioning Paris Dada in its anarchist context, this volume addresses a long-ignored lacuna in Dada scholarship and, more broadly, takes its place alongside the numerous studies that over the past two decades have problematized the politics of modern art, literature, and culture."--Jacket.

9780754666264 (hardcover ; alk. paper)
0754666263 (hardcover ; alk. paper)

Arts Political aspects France History 20th century.
Arts and society France History 20th century.
Art criticism France History 20th century.
Dadaism France Paris.
Anarchism France History 20th century.
Individualism France History 20th century.
Arts et société France Histoire 20e siècle.
Critique d'art France Histoire 20e siècle.
Dadaïsme France Paris.
Anarchisme France Histoire 20e siècle.
Anarchism.
Art criticism.
Arts and society.
Arts Political aspects.
Dadaism.
Individualism.
France.
France Paris.

History.

Art and criticism, 1914-1924

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 272651
Cote: BIB 206012
Statut: Disponible