Description:
This book contributes new perspectives on Dada as movement, historical legacy, and field of study. Analysing Dada works through Existentialist literature across the themes of choice, alienation, responsibility, freedom and truth, the text posits that Dada and Existentialism both advocate the creation of a self that aims for authenticity through ambiguity
Introduction: 'I rebel, therefore we are' -- Choice and individuality in the many masks of Dada -- Alienation and reality in Dada film -- Responsiblity and justice in the Dada literary event -- Censorship and freedom in Dada and beyond -- Truth and travesties in the telling and retelling of Dada (hi)stories -- Conclusion: 'Let us try to assume our fundamental ambiguity'