{"product_id":"magnetic-woman-karla-huebner-9780822946472","title":"Magnetic Woman: Toyen and the Surrealist Erotic","description":"Part art book and part biography, \u003ci\u003e Magnetic Woman\u003c\/i\u003e examines the life and work of the artist Toyen (Marie Čermínová, 1902-80), a founding member of the Prague surrealist group, and focuses on her construction of gender and eroticism. Toyen's early life in Prague enabled her to become a force in three avant-garde groups--Devětsil, Prague surrealism, and Paris surrealism--yet, unusually for a female artist of her generation, Toyen presented both her gender and sexuality as ambiguous and often emphasized erotic themes in her work. Despite her importance and ground-breaking work, Toyen has been notoriously difficult to study. Using primary sources gathered from disparate disciplines and studies of the artist's own work, \u003ci\u003eMagnetic Woman\u003c\/i\u003e is organized both chronologically and thematically, moving through Toyen's career with attention to specific historical circumstances and intellectual developments approximately as they entered her life. Karla Huebner offers a re-evaluation of surrealism, the Central European contribution to modernism, and the role of female artists in the avant-garde, along with a complex and nuanced view of women's roles in and treatment by the surrealist movement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karla Huebner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822946475\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822946472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.80h x 8.40w x 1.30d","brand":"Karla Huebner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43986496880895,"sku":"9780822946472","price":100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0589e2e1-7a20-4548-8447-bff343846a7d.jpg?v=1683283690","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/magnetic-woman-karla-huebner-9780822946472","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}