Description
The rebellious spirit of the Dada period proved portable and adaptable, and the movement led to later forms of surrealism at the same time that it borrowed from Expressionism, Constructivism, Futurism, and Cubism. Its influence was felt on sculpture, painting, dance, music, textile art, film, decoupage, photomontage, mask making, and poetry.
Some female Dadaists were active participants - appearing in literary journals, on stage, or in galleries - while others were observant and recording witnesses, but each played a role in supporting the movement and its more prominent members. Female Dadaists motivated the hesitant Hugo Ball, tempered the mechanical Francis Picabia, and nurtured the inventive but temperamental Raoul Hausmann. Some women inspired or gave a home to a wandering Tristan Tzara, while another provided a satiric chastisement of Dadaists in New York, Barcelona, and Paris. Each woman helps us chronicle and better understand Dada's European (and sometimes American) manifestations.
Unlike their Futurist and Surrealist sisters, whose contributions were grudgingly accepted by male artists and writers, female Dadaists were able to join more readily in the movement's unified attack on social norms. And, because of their individual talents and insights, they did so in ways that were often quite different from methods adopted by their male counterparts.
About the Author
Paula K. Kamenish is an associate professor of English at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA. She received her university's Board of Trustees Award for Teaching Excellence and has published articles on Bertolt Brecht, Jean Genet, Eugene Ionesco, Quebecois novelist Roch Carrier, the fate of South Slavic poetry, and best practices in teaching.
Book Information
ISBN 9781611174687
Author Paula K. Kamenish
Format Hardback
Page Count 208
Imprint University of South Carolina Press
Publisher University of South Carolina Press