Obscure Objects of Desire Surrealism, Fetishism, and Politics [Hardcover]

Through the analysis of narratives, paintings and objets surr?alistes 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 po?mes-objets.

Introduction
1. Subjectivity and Revolutionary Commitment
2. Archaeology and Mythology: Benjamin andLe paysan de Paris
3. The Surrealist Object in Theory
4. The Surrealist Object as Fetish
5. Windows: Painting and the Fetish Surface
Conclusion: Fetishism and its Uses
Bibliography
Index