Routledge Companion to Surrealism

<p>This book provides a conceptual and global overview of the field of Surrealist studies. Methodologically, the companion considers Surrealism’s many achievements, but also its historical shortcomings, to illuminate its connections to the historical and cultural moment(s) from which it originated and to assess both the ways in which it still shapes our world in inspiring ways and the ways in which it might appear problematic as we look back at it from a twenty-first-century vantage point. Contributions from experienced scholars will enable professors to teach the subject more broadly, by opening their eyes to aspects of the field that are on the margins of their expertise, and it will enable scholars to identify new areas of study in their own work, by indicating lines of research at a tangent to their own. </p><p>The companion will reflect the interdisciplinarity of Surrealism by incorporating discussions pertaining to the visual arts, as well as literature, film, and political and intellectual history.</p> <p>Introduction</p><p><em>Kirsten Strom</em></p><p><strong>Part One: Concepts and Practices </strong></p><p><strong><em>Exploratory Themes</em></strong></p><p>1. Dreams and Humor</p><p><em>Natalya Lusty</em></p><p>2. Play, Games and Chance</p><p><em>Susan Laxton</em></p><p>3. The Marvelous and the Uncanny</p><p><em>Andrea Gremels and Kirsten Strom</em></p><p>4. Convulsive Beauty and Mad Love</p><p><em>Gavin Parkinson</em></p><p>5. The Occult, Magic and Alchemy</p><p><em>Rachael Grew</em></p><p>6. Toward a Total Animism: Surrealism and Nature </p><p><em>Kristoffer Nohedon</em></p><p><strong><em>Protestations</em></strong></p><p>7. Capitalism and Colonialism</p><p><em>Michael Richardson</em></p><p>8. Limits Not Frontiers: Surrealist Resistance to Nationalism, Patriotism, and Militarism</p><p><em>Krzysztof Fijalkowski</em></p><p>9. Catholicism and Family Values</p><p><em>Miguel Escribano</em></p><p><strong>Creative Applications</strong></p><p>10. Verbal Techniques</p><p><em>Madeleine Chalmers</em></p><p>11. Visual Techniques</p><p><em>Elliott King</em></p><p>12. Buñuel and Dalí, <i>Un Chien andalou</i></p><p><em>Elza Adamowicz</em></p><p><strong>Part Two: Lessons from Paris</strong></p><p><strong>Tensions and Dissensions</strong></p><p>13. "Anarchy"…or Anarchism?: Dada in Paris and the Shifting Politics of Irreverence</p><p><em>Theresa Papanikolas</em></p><p>14. Georges Bataille, André Breton and the Culture of Surrealism</p><p><em>Raymond Spiteri</em></p><p>15. Surrealism and the French Communist Party</p><p><em>Mikkel Bolt Rasmussen</em></p><p><strong>Public Interfaces</strong> </p><p>16. Surrealism’s Publics</p><p><em>Rachel Silveri</em></p><p>17. Surrealism on Display: American Reception and Expansion</p><p><em>Sandra Zalman</em></p><p><strong>Part Three: Situated Contexts: Adaptations and Translations</strong></p><p>18. Surrealism in the Arab World</p><p><em>Riad Kherdeen</em> </p><p>19. Surrealism and Australia</p><p><em>Gavin Yates</em></p><p>20. Surrealism in Belgium: A Never-Ending Story</p><p><em>Pierre Taminiaux</em></p><p>21. Surrealism in the Caribbean in the 1940s: Transnational Encounters</p><p><em>Paulina Caro Troncoso</em></p><p>22. Surrealism in Chicago</p><p><em>Penelope Rosemont</em></p><p>23. Surrealism in China</p><p><em>Lauren Walden</em></p><p>24. Surrealism in the Czech Lands</p><p><em>Malynne Sternstein</em></p><p>25. Surrealism in England</p><p><em>Christina Heflin</em></p><p>26. Surrealism in Greece</p><p><em>Victoria Ferentinou</em></p><p>27. <em>Surealis Yogya</em> and other Surrealist Moments in Indonesia in the Twentieth Century</p><p><em>Tessel Bauduin</em></p><p>28. Surrealism in Japan</p><p><em>Chinghsin Wu</em></p><p>29. Surrealism in Mexico</p><p><em>Melanie Nicholson</em></p><p>30. Romanian Surrealism</p><p><em>Cosana Eram</em></p><p>31. Scandinavian Surrealism</p><p><em>Kerry Greaves</em></p><p>32. Surrealist Dialogues in South America</p><p><em>María Clara Bernal</em></p><p>33. Surrealism and Spain</p><p><em>Maite Barragán</em></p><p>34. Surrealism and Post-War West Germany </p><p><em>Patricia Allmer</em></p><p><strong>Part Four: Critical Dialogues</strong></p><p><strong>The Politics of Collecting</strong></p><p>35. <em>L’élan surréaliste</em>: Surrealist aspirations and the power and primacy of Oceanic Art</p><p><em>Maia Nuku</em></p><p>36. The Surrealist Experience of Indigenous North America: A Second "Discovery" of the Americas</p><p><em>Marco Polo Juarez Cruz</em></p><p><strong>Gender and Sexuality</strong></p><p>37. Feminist Encounters with Surrealism: Revisiting the Formative Critiques</p><p><em>Anna Watz</em></p><p>38. Visions of Androgyny</p><p><em>Abigail Susik</em></p><p>39. Radical Muses</p><p><em>Catriona McAra and Jonathan P. Eburne</em> </p><p>40. Dismembered Muses and Mirrors that Bite: A Trans Perspective on Gender Variance in Surrealist Art</p><p><em>Jordan Reznick</em></p><p><strong>Part Five: Further Reaches</strong></p><p>41. The Intellectual Resonances of Surrealism</p><p><em>Bruce Baugh</em></p><p>42. Surrealist Resonances in Contemporary Art</p><p><em>Craig Adcock</em></p><p>43. The Hybrid and Surreal Memoirs of Tameca Cole, Raymond Towler, Shay Youngblood and Steve Cormany</p><p><em>Rochelle Spencer</em></p><p>44. Inquiry on Surrealism in 2024</p><p><em>Jonathan P. Eburne, Krzysztof Fijalkowski, Andrea Gremels, Melanie Nicholson, Michael Richardson, Penelope Rosemont, Rachel Silveri, Rochelle Spencer, Abigail Susik, Pierre Taminiaux</em></p>