Enquete : Andre Breton 1957 [ Striptease ]
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Enquete, An Original Surrealist Survey on Striptease from Andre Breton Printed In 1957 For Le Surrealisme Meme
Breton, Andre. Enquete [Enquiry on Striptease]. Le Surrealisme, meme. Paris. 1957.
Original unused surrealist survey (enquete) on the striptease created by Andre Breton in 1957 during his tenure as the director of the magazine Le Surrealisme, meme. Inspired by Roland Barthes’ discussion of striptease in Mythologies, published the same year, Breton poses two sets of questions to male and female participants on their response to a strip performance as well as the following reflection on Barthes:
‘Roland Barthes denounces the ‘mystifying’ side of striptease which he argues, while appearing to provoke and stir desire, seeks to exorcise it by the means of exoticism, dance and the trimmings of Music-Hall… Do you agree with him that in spite of the “well-meaning” protests to which it gives rise and that even serve its publicity, in fact striptease ‘desexualizes’ woman and checks her essentially spontaneous and inventive amorous imagination?’
“Exclusively” addressed to potential respondents selected from prominent writers, artists, and intellectuals of the day including Dominique Aury (author of The Story of O), Leonora Carrington, Balthus, George Bataille, Hans Bellmer and Jacques Lacan, participants were given a deadline of July 31, 1957, to submit their answers for publication in issue 3 of Le Surrealisme, meme.
No copies found in OCLC as of November 2024.
[2]pp. Printed leaflet. Quarter folded with creases. Some soiling top edge. Unused. Very good.
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