The essays in
Virgin Microbe foreground thematic issues and advance recent theoretical agendas, such as the study of identity construction and the relationship between the avant-garde and mass culture, rather than focusing on biographies of individual Dadaists or centers of Dada activity. The authors represent a wider spectrum of disciplines and a broader international perspective than other recent collections on Dada. Ambitious in terms of contemporary academic interests,
Virgin Microbe draws on a rich spectrum of intellectual traditions and contexts, prioritizing Dada's metaphysical enquiries and its complicated connection to modernity.
About the AuthorDavid Hopkins is a professor of art history at the University of Glasgow, Scotland.
Michael White is a reader in the history of art at the University of York, UK.
Book InformationISBN 9780810129399
Author David HopkinsFormat Hardback
Page Count 384
Imprint Northwestern University PressPublisher Northwestern University Press
Weight(grams) 578g