Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1925-1950
Publisher: BRILL; Brill/Rodopi; Brill | Rodopi
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 992
ISBN-13: 9789004366794
Subjects: Avant-garde (aesthetics); Art, scandinavian; Popular culture; Scandinavia, history
Description: "A Cultural History of the Avant-Garde in the Nordic Countries 1925-1950 is the first publication to deal with the avant-garde in the Nordic countries in this period. The essays cover a wide range of avant-garde manifestations: literature, visual arts, theatre, architecture and design, film, radio, body culture and magazines. It is the first major historical work to consider the Nordic avant-garde in a transnational perspective that includes all the arts and to discuss the role of the avant-garde not only within the aesthetic field but in a broader cultural and political context: the pre-war and wartime responses to international developments, the new cultural institutions, sexual politics, the impact of refugees and the new start after the war."--Provided by publisher.