Explores queer modernist documents to challenge dominant narratives in art history
Highlights the relational networks of 1930s and 1940s American modernism
Provides primary sources for in-depth research into marginalized perspectives
Interdisciplinary approach connecting art, culture, and social history
Showcases the contributions of gay men and lesbians to American modernism
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What if we ascribe significance to aesthetic and social divergences rather than waving them aside as anomalous? What if we look closely at what does not appear central, or appears peripherally, or does not appear at all, viewing ellipses, outliers, absences, and outtakes as significant? Eccentric Modernisms places queer demands on art his