{"product_id":"surrealism-and-animation-abigail-susik-9781350475915","title":"Surrealism and Animation: Transnational Connections, 1920-Present","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Betty Boop to Donald Duck, Tex Avery to Walt Disney, collage animation to Japanese anime, and Claymation to 3D animation, \u003ci\u003eSurrealism and Animation\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to identify correspondences between the art of animation and the International Surrealist Movement.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSharing a deep commitment to a reanimation of everyday life, surrealist artists and animators sought a marvellous, living form of art. Cartoons and trick films by pioneers such as Georges Méliès were influential for Salvador Dalí and André Breton, among others; many other surrealists and their associates such as Max Ernst, Joseph Cornell, Hans Richter, Len Lye, Roland Topor, Jan Svankmajer, and Lawrence Jordan turned to animated cinema and theories of animacy to express their surrealist visions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSurrealism and Animation\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book devoted to surrealism's vivid engagement with the history, theory, and medium of animation on a transnational basis. Featuring seventeen essays by leading and emerging scholars, as well as interviews with contemporary artists Penny Slinger and Jacolby Satterwhite, this collection investigates a shimmering range of topics on animated surrealism, including black humour, queer subjectivities, ecofeminism, Black surrealisms, and more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Abigail Susik\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350475912\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350475915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Visual Arts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.65w x 1.00d","brand":"Abigail Susik","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47036579021055,"sku":"9781350475915","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_df7a6156-8221-4cf1-9c0c-5dfce2023248.jpg?v=1752638002","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/surrealism-and-animation-abigail-susik-9781350475915","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}