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020    9781780237282 |qhardback
020    1780237286 |qhardback
027    (Coutts)035540145
035    (OCoLC)ocn987763954
035    262133
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050  4 N6853.C252 |bS53 2017
100 1  Shaw, Jennifer Laurie, |eauthor.
245 10 Exist otherwise : |bthe life and works of Claude Cahun / |cJennifer L. Shaw.
246 30 Life and works of Claude Cahun
246 30 Claude Cahun
264  1 London : |bReaktion Books Ltd, |c2017.
300    326 pages : |billustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; |c26 cm
336    text |btxt |2rdacontent
336    still image |bsti |2rdacontent
337    unmediated |bn |2rdamedia
338    volume |bnc |2rdacarrier
504    Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 00  |gIntroduction -- |tViews and visions: Nantes, 1894-1920 -- |tHeroines, theatre, masquerade: the 1920s in Paris -- |tTo embody my own revolt: surrealism and politics in the 1930s -- |tSpiritual arms instead of firearms: Cahun and Moore on the Isle of Jersey -- |gConclusion: |tReturn to the farm without a name -- |gAppendix: |tA selection of Claude Cahun's writings.
520 8  In the turmoil of the 1920s and '30s, Claude Cahun challenged gender stereotypes with her powerful photographs, photomontages and writings -- work that appears contemporary, or even ahead of our time, when viewed with twenty-first-century eyes. Cahun wrote poetry and prose for major French literary magazines, worked in avant-garde theatre, and was both comrade and critical outsider of the Surrealists. Her artful resistance tactics mocked and disrupted the Nazi occupiers of Jersey during the Second World War, putting her in mortal danger. Cahun worked collaboratively with Marcel Moore, her stepsister, lover and life partner, to create some of the most compelling photographs and photomontages of the period between the wars. This is the first work in English to tell the full story of Claude Cahun's art and life. It both recounts her life and analyses her complex writings and images, making them available to a wide audience. Shaw's account embeds Cahun's work in the exciting milieu of Paris between the wars and follows it into the dangerous territory of the Nazi-occupied Isle of Jersey. Using letters and diaries, Shaw brings Cahun's ideas and feelings to life and contributes to our understanding of photography, Surrealism and the histories of women artists and queer culture.
591    Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024
600 10 Cahun, Claude, |d1894-1954.
600 17 Cahun, Claude, |d1894-1954. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00320739
600 14 Cahun, Claude, |d1894-1954.
650  0 Artists |zFrance |vBiography.
655  7 Biographies. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01919896
655  7 Biography. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01423686
655  7 Biographies. |2lcgft
700 12 Cahun, Claude, |d1894-1954. |tWorks. |kSelections.
852 0   |bstacks |hN6853.C252 |iS53 2017