Contagion, Hygiene, and the European Avant-Garde

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David Hopkins (University of Glasgow, UK) Disa Persson (University of Glasgow, UK)

Contagion, Hygiene, and the European Avant-Garde

David Hopkins (University of Glasgow, UK), Disa Persson (University of Glasgow, UK)

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Routledge
18 December 2024

Theory of art; Performance art; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; History of medicine; History of science

Series: Routledge Research in Art History

This interdisciplinary collection of essays brings together scholars in the fields of art history, theatre, visual culture, and literature to explore intersections between the European avant-garde (c. 1880–1945) and themes of health and hygiene, such as illness, contagion, cleanliness, and contamination.

Examining the artistic oeuvres of some of the canonical names of modern art – including Edgar Degas, Edvard Munch, Pablo Picasso, George Orwell, Marcel Duchamp, and Antonin Artaud – this book investigates instances where the heightened political, social, and cultural currencies embedded within issues of hygiene and contagion have been mobilised, and subversively exploited, to fuel the critical strategy at play. This edited volume promotes an interdisciplinary and socio-historically contextualised understanding of the criticality of the avant-garde gesture and cultivates scholarship that moves beyond the limits of traditional academic subjects to produce innovative and thought-provoking connections and interrelations across various fields.

The book will be of interest to scholars working in art history, literature, theatre, cultural studies, modern history, medical humanities, and visual culture.

Edited by: David Hopkins (University of Glasgow UK), Disa Persson (University of Glasgow, UK)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032312880
ISBN 10: 1032312882
Series: Routledge Research in Art History
Pages: 204
Publication Date: 18 December 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

David Hopkins is an Emeritus Professor and Professional Research Fellow in Art History at the University of Glasgow. Disa Persson is a doctoral researcher in Art History at the University of Glasgow.

Reviews for Contagion, Hygiene, and the European Avant-Garde

""A sparkling collection of essays which adds reflections on the motifs and rhetorics of contagion to the concept and history of the European artistic avant-gardes. As such it’s a valuable contribution to the deepening of our understanding of these formations."" David Cottington, Kingston University, London ""This is a welcome and all too timely volume, taking up the significance of the avant-garde’s ‘rhetorics of contagion,’ the idea of ‘art-as-infection,’ and relays between visuality and virality in the long histories of hygienic discourses and practices."" Allison Morehead, Queen’s University, Canada