Obscure Objects of Desire: Surrealism, Fetishism, and Politics

by Johanna Malt

Overview

Through the analysis of narratives, paintings and objets surréalistes by Breton, Aragon, Dalì, and others, Malt examines how the object emerges as psychologically and historically marked in the surrealist context, functioning as both fetish and fetishized commodity. Responding to recent debates about the role of the uncanny and the representation of the body in surrealist art and literature, Malt's study offers new perspectives on familiar works such as the paintings of Salvador Dalì as well as illuminating relatively neglected ones such as Breton's poèmes-objets.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199253425
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	04/01/2004
Pages:	248
Product dimensions:	8.78(w) x 5.70(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Kings College, University of London

Table of Contents

Introduction1. Subjectivity and Revolutionary Commitment2. Archaeology and Mythology: Benjamin and Le paysan de Paris3. The Surrealist Object in Theory4. The Surrealist Object as Fetish5. Windows: Painting and the Fetish SurfaceConclusion: Fetishism and its UsesBibliographyIndex