Exchanging Apples: Leonora Carrington and the Pro-Mythical Turn in Post-War Feminism

The surrealist Leonora Carrington made extensive use of esoteric material throughout her career. The article focuses on the iconography of a painting she created for a poster produced by the Mexican women’s liberation movement Mujeres Conciencia and how it can be understood by considering some of th...

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Main Author: Faxneld, Per 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Correspondences: journal for the study of esotericism 2023
In: Correspondences
Year: 2023, Volume: 11, Issue: 2, Pages: 253–281
Further subjects:B Surrealism
B Esotericism
B Feminism
B Myth
B Leonora Carrington
B Anti-clericalism
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