Constructed Realities: Claude Cahun's Created World in Aveux Non Avenus .

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  • Author(s): Pustarfi EF;Pustarfi EF
  • Source:
    Journal of homosexuality [J Homosex] 2020; Vol. 67 (5), pp. 697-711. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Dec 24.
  • Publication Type:
    Biography; Historical Article; Journal Article
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Routledge Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 7502386 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1540-3602 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00918369 NLM ISO Abbreviation: J Homosex Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: Philadelphia : Routledge
      Original Publication: New York, Haworth Press.
    • Subject Terms:
      Gender Identity* ; Literature* ; Sexuality*; Homosexuality/*history; Europe ; Female ; History, 20th Century ; Homosexuality, Female ; Humans ; Male ; Photography/history ; Writing
    • Subject Terms:
      Cahun C
    • 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.
    • Contributed Indexing:
      Keywords: Aveux non Avenus; Claude Cahun; Surrealism; constructed reality; female homosexuality; gender nonconformity; photomontage
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20181225 Date Completed: 20200521 Latest Revision: 20200521
    • Publication Date:
      20221213
    • Accession Number:
      10.1080/00918369.2018.1555391
    • Accession Number:
      30582735