The Resource The freak-garde : extraordinary bodies and revolutionary art in America, Robin Blyn, (electronic resource)
The freak-garde : extraordinary bodies and revolutionary art in America, Robin Blyn, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- " Since the 1890s, American artists have employed the arts of the freak show to envision radically different ways of being. The result is a rich avant-garde tradition that critiques and challenges capitalism from within. The Freak-garde traces the arts of the freak show from P. T. Barnum to Matthew Barney and demonstrates how a form of mass culture entertainment became the basis for a distinctly American avant-garde tradition. Exploring a wide range of writers, filmmakers, photographers, and artists who have appropriated the arts of the freak show, Robin Blyn exposes the disturbing power of human curiosities and the desires they unleash. Through a series of incisive and often startling readings, Blyn reveals how such figures as Mark Twain, Djuna Barnes, Tod Browning, Lon Chaney, Nathanael West, and Diane Arbus use these desires to propose alternatives to the autonomous and repressed subject of liberal capitalism. Blyn explains how, rather than grounding revolutionary subjectivities in imaginary realms innocent of capitalism, freak-garde works manufacture new subjectivities by exploiting potentials inherent to capitalism itself. Defying conventional wisdom, The Freak-garde ultimately argues that postmodernism is not the death of the avant-garde but the inheritor of a vital and generative legacy. In doing so, the book establishes innovative approaches to American avant-garde practices and embodiment and lays the foundation for a more nuanced understanding of the disruptive potential of art under capitalism. "--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxxvii, 281 pages)
- Contents
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- Machine generated contents note:
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Introduction. Unbecoming Subjects: Freak Shows and the American Avant-garde
- 1. A Curious Education: Mark Twain's Corporate Persons
- 2. Between Silence and Sound: The Lon Chaney Sensation
- 3. Decadence in the Age of Fascism: Djuna Barnes's Freak Dandies
- 4. Dada in Hollywood: Nathanael West's Human Machines
- 5. The Biology of Revolution: Mapping Mutation with Diane Arbus
- Coda. Barnum & Bailey & Barney: Freak Show at the Guggenheim
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Isbn
- 9780816678174
- Label
- The freak-garde : extraordinary bodies and revolutionary art in America
- Title
- The freak-garde
- Title remainder
- extraordinary bodies and revolutionary art in America
- Statement of responsibility
- Robin Blyn
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- " Since the 1890s, American artists have employed the arts of the freak show to envision radically different ways of being. The result is a rich avant-garde tradition that critiques and challenges capitalism from within. The Freak-garde traces the arts of the freak show from P. T. Barnum to Matthew Barney and demonstrates how a form of mass culture entertainment became the basis for a distinctly American avant-garde tradition. Exploring a wide range of writers, filmmakers, photographers, and artists who have appropriated the arts of the freak show, Robin Blyn exposes the disturbing power of human curiosities and the desires they unleash. Through a series of incisive and often startling readings, Blyn reveals how such figures as Mark Twain, Djuna Barnes, Tod Browning, Lon Chaney, Nathanael West, and Diane Arbus use these desires to propose alternatives to the autonomous and repressed subject of liberal capitalism. Blyn explains how, rather than grounding revolutionary subjectivities in imaginary realms innocent of capitalism, freak-garde works manufacture new subjectivities by exploiting potentials inherent to capitalism itself. Defying conventional wisdom, The Freak-garde ultimately argues that postmodernism is not the death of the avant-garde but the inheritor of a vital and generative legacy. In doing so, the book establishes innovative approaches to American avant-garde practices and embodiment and lays the foundation for a more nuanced understanding of the disruptive potential of art under capitalism. "--
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- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Blyn, Robin
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Arts
- Arts, American
- Freak shows
- Label
- The freak-garde : extraordinary bodies and revolutionary art in America, Robin Blyn, (electronic resource)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-259) and index
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Unbecoming Subjects: Freak Shows and the American Avant-garde -- 1. A Curious Education: Mark Twain's Corporate Persons -- 2. Between Silence and Sound: The Lon Chaney Sensation -- 3. Decadence in the Age of Fascism: Djuna Barnes's Freak Dandies -- 4. Dada in Hollywood: Nathanael West's Human Machines -- 5. The Biology of Revolution: Mapping Mutation with Diane Arbus -- Coda. Barnum & Bailey & Barney: Freak Show at the Guggenheim -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- ssj0001061003
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxxvii, 281 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access restricted to subscribing institutions
- Isbn
- 9780816678174
- Isbn Type
- (pbk. : acid-free paper)
- Lccn
- 2013025240
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (WaSeSS)ssj0001061003
- Label
- The freak-garde : extraordinary bodies and revolutionary art in America, Robin Blyn, (electronic resource)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-259) and index
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction. Unbecoming Subjects: Freak Shows and the American Avant-garde -- 1. A Curious Education: Mark Twain's Corporate Persons -- 2. Between Silence and Sound: The Lon Chaney Sensation -- 3. Decadence in the Age of Fascism: Djuna Barnes's Freak Dandies -- 4. Dada in Hollywood: Nathanael West's Human Machines -- 5. The Biology of Revolution: Mapping Mutation with Diane Arbus -- Coda. Barnum & Bailey & Barney: Freak Show at the Guggenheim -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
- Control code
- ssj0001061003
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxxvii, 281 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Access restricted to subscribing institutions
- Isbn
- 9780816678174
- Isbn Type
- (pbk. : acid-free paper)
- Lccn
- 2013025240
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (WaSeSS)ssj0001061003
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