Dark Toys: Surrealism and the Culture of Childhood

by David Hopkins

A wide-ranging look at surrealist and postsurrealist engagements with the culture and imagery of childhood

We all have memories of the object-world of childhood. For many of us, playthings and images from those days continue to resonate. Rereading a swathe of modern and contemporary artistic production through the lens of its engagement with childhood, this book blends in-depth art historical analysis with sustained theoretical exploration...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300225741
• ISBN13: 9780300225747
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 2.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.6"