
Investigating Sex
Surrealist Research 1928-1932
Jose Pierre(Author)
Jose Pierre(Editor)
Verso Books (Publisher)
Published on 17. August 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-0-86091-603-1 (ISBN)
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Description
In January 1928, the surrealists initiated their remarkable "researches into sexuality" with a series of round-table conversations involving key figures such as Andre Breton, Yves Tanguy, Louis Aragon, Man Ray, Max Ernst and Antonin Artaud. The transcripts, in all their bizarre and fascinating detail, are presented here. While there is plenty of humor-not all of it intentional-the speakers were trying scrupulously to record every aspect of sexual love, cataloging preferences and positions, quality and quantity. This book is a unique historical record of sexual practice and ethics; a fundamental text for understanding the surrealist movement and, for all its idiosyncrasies, a document that still retains an extraordinary vitality today.
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These discussions are absolutely fascinating. -- Kathy Acker The surrealist's approach to sexuality was original and important ... I feel this book will amaze us all. -- George MellyMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
318 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-86091-603-1 (9780860916031)
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Jose Pierre was a playwright, novelist and art historian. He belonged to the postwar Paris surrealist group that formed around Andre Breton. He was a member of Actual, an archive for the dissemination of the secret history of surrealism. JoAnn Wypijewski is a writer and editor based in New York. From 1982 to 2000, she was an editor at the Nation magazine. She has written for the magazine, as well as for Harper's, CounterPunch, the New York Times Magazine, the Guardian, and other publications. She is on the editorial committee of the New Left Review. She was the co-editor with Kevin Alexander Gray and Jeffrey St. Clair, of Killing Trayvons: An Anthology of American Violence. Jose Pierre was a playwright, novelist and art historian. He belonged to the postwar Paris surrealist group that formed around Andre Breton. He was a member of Actual, an archive for the dissemination of the secret history of surrealism.
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