Includes bibliographical references (pages [243]-258) and index.
Contents:
The confrontation with death -- The machine aesthetic and aftermath cultures -- Lost bodies and revived memories -- Deterritorialization and dissociation -- Survival, nostalgia, and melancholy.
Summary:
"Investigates the artwork of Fernand Léger, one of machine modernism's leading figures, as a case study of the aesthetic's origins in World War I, its unstable production of masculinity, and its collapse in the context of surrealism, economic crises, and the revival of war memories"--Provided by publisher.
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