Constructed Realities: Claude Cahun's Created World in Aveux Non Avenus.
J Homosex
; 67(5): 697-711, 2020.
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| ID: mdl-30582735
ABSTRACT
In her 1930 publication, Aveux non Avenus, Claude Cahun used the relationship between her inwardly focused poetic writing and symbolic photomontages to construct a unique reality for self-expression. This article focuses on three chapters and respective photographic images from the publication to relate Cahun's, and by association her partner Marcel Moore's, discussion on sexuality and gender expression. The utopian dreamscape created investigates issues of narcissism and otherness, female homosexuality, dandyism and going beyond gender, individual and social critique, mocking the antiquated views of art and writing, accepting and breaking taboos, while allowing for other departures from the accepted norm. Through analysis of the publication and supporting evidence from early influences, it can be seen that Cahun created a world in Aveux non Avenus where she could exist in a space between the established feminine-masculine binary of 20th-century Europe.
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01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Homosexuality
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Sexuality
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Gender Identity
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Literature
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
En
Journal:
J Homosex
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Estados Unidos
Publication country:
EEUU
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ESTADOS UNIDOS
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ESTADOS UNIDOS DA AMERICA
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EUA
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UNITED STATES
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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US
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USA