Research Catalog

Title

Sex, violence, and the avant-garde : anarchism in interwar France / Richard D. Sonn.

Author

Sonn, Richard David.

Publication

University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2010.

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Details

Description

x, 259 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"A study of anarchism in twentieth-century France during the interwar years. Focuses on anarchist demands for personal autonomy and sexual liberation. Argues that these ideals, as well as anarchist hatred of the government, found favor with members of the artistic avant-garde, especially the surrealists"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

• Anarchism > France > History > 20th century
• Politics and culture > France > History > 20th century
• Sexual freedom > France > History > 20th century
• Avant-garde (Aesthetics) > France > History > 20th century
• Art, French > 20th century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

French anarchism in the interwar era : decline or renewal? -- Anarchist bodies. Gender and political violence : the case of Germaine Berton -- The bad father and the prodigal son : the death of Philippe Daudet -- Anarchism and the avant-garde -- Utopian bodies : anarchist sexual politics -- "Your body is yours" : anarchism, birth control, and eugenics -- French anarchists between East and West. Facing East : Russians and Jews -- Facing West : American heroes -- Renegades -- The renewal of anarchism.

Call Number

JFE 10-5240

ISBN

• 9780271036632 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 027103663X (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2009044136

OCLC

YBP 2009044136

Author

Sonn, Richard David.

Title

Sex, violence, and the avant-garde : anarchism in interwar France / Richard D. Sonn.

Imprint

University Park, Pa. : Pennsylvania State University Press, c2010.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 10-5240