Modernist Articulations: A Cultural Reading of Djuna Barnes, Mina Loy and Gertrude Stein

255 Pages·2007·2.61 MB·English

by  Alex Goody

Modernist Articulations
A Cultural Study of Djuna Barnes, Mina Loy
and Gertrude Stein
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Introduction:ModernistStudiesandCulturalStudies 1 o -
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CArutlitcuurlaaltisotundsies? 193 ket i Tr
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Culture,desireandthereal 15 bliot
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1 Becoming-Modernists: Djuna Barnes, Mina Loy and niv
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GertrudeStein 27 o
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Barnes,themiddleclassandtheOedipalfamily 33 e
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Intension,extensionandLoy’sfeministeffects 41 m - li
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Cyborg-womenmakingDada 110
4 FashionsforGeniusandtheFlâneur:AGuidetoParis 118
Modernism,urbanismandgenius 119
Stunningsubjects 125
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viii Contents
‘PabloandMatissehaveamalenessthatbelongstogenius,
Moiaussiperhaps’ 132
Curieofthelaboratoryofvocabulary 136
Portraitsoftheartist 140
Outofthecity 146
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