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Foreign modernism : cosmopolitanism, identity, and style in Paris / Ihor Junyk.

Author/creator Junyk, Ihor, 1969-
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoToronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2013]
Description182 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Contents Travelling culture: Rilke, Rodin, and the poetics of displacement -- Becoming minor: Archipenko, Bergson, and Deterritorialization -- The Aeneid of modern times: hybridity and cosmopolitanism in Parade -- A call to order: nostalgia and the vicissitudes of cosmopolitan identity in Irgor Stravinsky -- The face of the nation: state fetishism and Métissage at the Exposition Internationale, Paris 1937 -- Epilogue: the Battle of the Tuileries: cosmopolitanism and cultural memory in France.
Abstract "At the beginning of the twentieth century, Paris was the cosmopolitan hub of Europe and home to a vast number of foreigners - including the writers, painters, sculptors, and musicians who were creating works now synonymous with modernism itself, such as Les Desmoiselles d'Avignon, The Rite of Spring, and Ulysses. The situation at the end of the period, however, could not have been more different: even before the violence of the Second World War, the cosmopolitan avant-garde had largely abandoned Paris, driven out by nationalism, xenophobia, and intolerance.
Abstract Foreign Modernism investigates this tense and transitional moment for both modernism and European multiculturalism by looking at the role of foreigners in Paris's artistic scene. Examining works of literature, sculpture, ballet and performing arts, music, and architecture, Ihor Junyk combines cultural history with contemporary work in transnationalism and diaspora studies. Junyk emphasizes how émigré artists used radical new forms of art to resist the culture of virulent nationalism taking root in France, and to articulate new forms of cosmopolitan identity."--Pub. desc.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 155-167) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2015304180
ISBN9781442645196 (hb)
ISBN1442645199

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