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100 1 $aConley, Katharine,$d1956-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96008572
245 10 $aAutomatic woman :$bthe representation of woman in surrealism /$cKatharine Conley.
260 $aLincoln, Neb. :$bUniversity of Nebraska Press,$c[1996], ©1996.
263 $a9701
300 $axvi, 179 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 159-168) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tWriting the Virgin's Body: L'Immaculee Conception --$g2.$tBeyond the Border: Leonora Carrington's Terrible Journey --$g3.$tThrough the Surrealist Looking Glass: Unica Zurn's Vision of Madness --$g4.$tFrom the Swinging Door to the Spiral: Rereading Andre Breton and Women.
520 $aContemporary 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.
520 8 $aConley begins with a discussion of the composite image of Woman developed by such early male surrealists as Andre 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.
520 8 $aThe heart of the book, however, examines the writings of Leonora Carrington and Unica Zurn, 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 over the course of his long career, arriving at last at a position far more congenial to contemporary feminists.
650 0 $aWomen in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85147587
650 0 $aSurrealism (Literature)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85130847
650 0 $aFeminism in literature.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94004224
852 00 $bglx$hPN56.5.W64$iC66 1996
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