{"product_id":"concentrationary-art-jean-cayrol-the-lazarean-and-the-everyday-in-post-war-film-literature-music-and-the-visual-arts-9781785339707","title":"Concentrationary Art: Jean Cayrol, the Lazarean","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tLargely forgotten over the years, the seminal work of French poet, novelist and camp survivor Jean Cayrol has experienced a revival in the French-speaking world since his death in 2005. His concept of a concentrationary art—the need for an urgent and constant aesthetic resistance to the continuing effects of the concentrationary universe—proved to be a major influence for Hannah Arendt and other writers and theorists across a number of disciplines. \u003cem\u003eConcentrationary Art\u003c\/em\u003e presents the first translation into English of Jean Cayrol’s key essays on the subject, as well as the first book-length study of how we might situate and elaborate his concept of a Lazarean aesthetic in cultural theory, literature, cinema, music and contemporary art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The volume is a true labour of love, makes for fascinating reading, and at last offers us Cayrol in English translation…The articles take us on a fascinating journey in which Cayrol’s idea of the concentrationary and the figure of Lazarus are explored as theories with their own histories…These analyses across different artistic forms and historical periods demonstrate how fertile Cayrol’s ideas were.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Modern Language Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is a politically urgent volume and an excellent resource for anyone studying the cultural or representational legacies of the concentration camp ‘as both event and form’, its (post)traumatic manifestations or memory in the contemporary world.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Textual Practice\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003eConcentrationary Art \u003cem\u003eis invariably intellectually exhilarating to read, and is hard to put down. It puts forward a new and cogent aesthetic theory in its analysis not only of the wartime ‘concentrationary’, but also of the role of the survivor in a post-war world where traces of the same phenomena persist unseen in the everyday.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Sue Vice\u003c\/strong\u003e, University of Sheffield\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This is an authoritative, clear, and insightful book. The contributions to this excellent volume offer a novel take on the concentrationary and provide a wider understanding of post-Holocaust art.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e• Kathryn Robson\u003c\/strong\u003e, Newcastle University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lazarus and the Modern World\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMax Silverman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART I: LAZARUS AMONG US\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJean Cayrol\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eLazarean Dreams\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eLazarean Literature\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART II: SITUATING CAYROL’S LAZAREAN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Lazarean Writing in Post-war France\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003ePatrick ffrench\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Perpetual Anxiety of Lazarus: The Gaze, the Tomb, and the Body in the Shroud\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGriselda Pollock\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePART III: READING WITH THE LAZAREAN\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Concentrationary Art and the Reading of Everyday Life: (In)human Spaces in Chantal Akerman’s \u003cem\u003eJeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles\u003c\/em\u003e (1975)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMax Silverman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cinematic Work as Concentrationary Art in Laurent Cantet’s \u003cem\u003eRessources Humaines\u003c\/em\u003e (1999)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMatthew John\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/strong\u003e After Haunting: A Conceptualization of the \u003cem\u003eLazarean\u003c\/em\u003e Image\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBenjamin Hannavy Cousen\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003eLazarean Sound: The Autonomy of the Auditory from Hanns Eisler (\u003cem\u003eNuit et Brouillard\u003c\/em\u003e, 1955) to Susan Philipsz (\u003cem\u003eNight and Fog\u003c\/em\u003e, 2016)\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGriselda Pollock\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConcluding Remarks\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \tGriselda Pollock\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042413707607,"sku":"9781785339707","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781785339707.jpg?v=1750954070","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/concentrationary-art-jean-cayrol-the-lazarean-and-the-everyday-in-post-war-film-literature-music-and-the-visual-arts-9781785339707","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}