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Disavowals or cancelled confessions
2007réf. 018261In May 1930 Éditions Carrefour of Paris published 500 copies of a book called Aveux non avenues in which Cahun produced the nearest thing to a memoir. But in fact the book is an anti-memoir a critique of autobiography where she uses subversive photomontages and statements to present herself as a force of genius possessed of the need to resist identification and to maintain within herself "the mania of the exception." Disavowals is the first appearance of that work widely considered to be her most important text in English. Reproductions of the original photomontages introduce the various sections which in turn explore Cahun's distinctive ideas and obsessions—self-interrogation narcissism metamorphosis love gender-switching humor fear. xxvi 226 pages : illustrations photographs. ; 23 cm. First English edition first printing. Slight shelf wear to edges light creasing to front cover corners no inscriptions tight and square binding. Photographs available on request. All books dispatched same or next working day in robust packaging. Tate Publishing paperback
Springhead Books · Royaume-Uni84,95 £GB≈ 101,10 €
