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This essay discusses the role of the object in Surrealism, Fetishism, and Politics. It looks at how the object is psychologically and historically marked in the Surrealist context, and how it functions as both a fetish and fetishized commodity. It also discusses recent debates about the uncanny and the representation of the body in Surrealist art and literature, and how Malt's study offers new perspectives on familiar works.
Through the analysis of narratives, paintings and objets surralistes by Breton, Aragon, Dal, and others, Malt examines how the object emerges as psychologically and historically marked in the surrealist context, functioning as both fetish and fetishized commodity. Responding to recent debates about the role of the uncanny and the representation of the body in surrealist art and literature, Malt's study offers new perspectives on familiar works such as the paintings of Salvador Dal as well as illuminating relatively neglected ones such as Breton's pomes-objets.
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