Raiding The Icebox: Reflections On Twentieth Century Culture
by Wollen, Peter
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Verso London & New York 1993 . Very Good, Owner's Sign Med 8vo, 222pp, Very Good Soft Cover This book presents an alternative vision of 20th century modernism. Wollen argues that modernism has always had 'a hidden, suppressed side which cannot be easily absorbed into the master narrative of modernity'. He looks at Diaghilev, Matisse, Poiret and the artists who have been fascinated with Fordism and Hollywood.
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Peter Wollen was Chair of the Department of Film, Television and New Media at the University of California, Los Angeles. His other books include Paris/Hollywood: Writings on Film and Paris/Manhattan: Writings on Art .
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- THE CROSS Art + Books (AU)
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- Title
- Raiding The Icebox: Reflections On Twentieth Century Culture
- Author
- Wollen, Peter
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Verso London & New York 1993
- Keywords
- Cultural & Social Studies - American, Cultural & Social Studies - European, Fashion - European
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We stock books about art, design, fashion and history, with a lot of books about Asian, Australian and Pacific arts, crafts, design and cultural history. We have books on women artists, academic analyses and dissident life as well as monographs on Old Masters and avant-garde artists.
Our shop is in Sydney's legendary Kings Cross, which provided alternatives to Australia's normalities and suburbia for 80 years. Colloquially known as The Cross, this name signifies Antipodean bohemia, street gangs and a famous red light district.
We buy quality books on the visual arts, architecture & design. We do not sell any children's books, cooking books, novels or self-help books. Five minutes walk from Kings Cross station, we are open between 10 – 6, every day of the week.
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