Automatic Woman: The Representation of Woman in Surrealism 英文原版-《无意识的女人：超现实主义中的女性表现》

这本书的核心是考察莱昂诺拉·卡林顿和尤妮卡·苏恩这两位超现实主义运动中的女性的作品，康利认为，她们的作品预见了许多当代女性主义艺术和理论。最后，康利展示了布列顿在其漫长的职业生涯中对女性的看法是如何演变的，最终达到了与当代女权主义者更为契合的地位。

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作者Katharine Conley 凯瑟琳·康利

出版社University of Nebraska Press

ISBN9780803214743

出版时间1985

版次1

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尺寸24 × 16 cm

页数189页

正文语种英文

货号W0I6

上书时间2019-11-16

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商品描述: Contemporary feminist critics have often described Surrealism as a misogynist movement. In Automatic Woman, Katharine Conley addresses this issue, confirming some feminist allegations while qualifying and overturning others. Through insightful analyses of works by a range of writers and artists, Conley develops a complex view of Surrealist portrayals of Woman.

Conley begins with a discussion of the composite image of Woman developed by such early male Surrealists as André Breton, Francis Picabia, and Paul Eluard. She labels that image “Automatic Woman”—a term that comprises views of Woman as provocative and revolutionary but also as a depersonalized object largely devoid of individuality and volition. This analysis largely confirms feminist critiques of Surrealism. The heart of the book, however, examines the writings of Leonora Carrington and Unica Zürn, two women in the Surrealist movement whose works, Conley argues, anticipate much contemporary feminist art and theory. In concluding, Conley shows how Breton’s own views on women evolved in the course of his long career, arriving at last at a position far more congenial to contemporary feminists.

Automatic Woman is distinguished by Katharine Conley’s judicious understanding of how women—and the image of Woman—figured in Surrealism. The book is an important contemporary account of a cultural movement that continues to fascinate, influence, and provoke us.