{"product_id":"radical-dreams-elliott-h-king-9780271091358","title":"Radical Dreams: Surrealism, Counterculture, Resistance","description":"\u003cp\u003eSurrealism is widely thought of as an artistic movement that flourished in Europe between the two world wars. However, during the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, diverse radical affinity groups, underground subcultures, and student protest movements proclaimed their connections to surrealism. \u003ci\u003eRadical Dreams \u003c\/i\u003eargues that surrealism was more than an avant-garde art movement; it was a living current of anti-authoritarian resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing perspectives from scholars across the humanities and, distinctively, from contemporary surrealist practitioners, this volume examines surrealism's role in postwar oppositional cultures. It demonstrates how surrealism's committed engagement extends beyond the parameters of an artistic style or historical period, with chapters devoted to Afrosurrealism, Ted Joans, punk, the Situationist International, the student protests of May '68, and other topics. Privileging interdisciplinary, transhistorical, and material culture approaches, contributors address surrealism's interaction with New Left politics, protest movements, the sexual revolution, psychedelia, and other subcultural trends around the globe. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA revelatory work, \u003ci\u003eRadical Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e definitively shows that the surrealist movement was synonymous with cultural and political radicalism. It will be especially valuable to those interested in the avant-garde, contemporary art, and radical social movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn addition to the editors, the contributors to this volume include Mikkel Bolt Rasmussen, Jonathan P. Eburne, David Hopkins, Claire Howard, Michael Löwy, Alyce Mahon, Gavin Parkinson, Grégory Pierrot, Penelope Rosemont, Ron Sakolsky, Marie Arleth Skov, Ryan Standfest, and Sandra Zalman.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elliott H. King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0271091355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780271091358\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penn State University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/08\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 7.17w x 0.94d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2023","brand":"Elliott H. King","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43945305276671,"sku":"9780271091358","price":119.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_bf8aeddb-0ea0-4215-84d8-0938e197b32f.jpg?v=1681507930","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/radical-dreams-elliott-h-king-9780271091358","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}