{"product_id":"bio","title":"The Militant Muse: Love, War and the Women of Surrealism - Whitney Chadwick","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Militant Muse\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003edocuments what it meant to be young, ambitious and female in the context of an avant-garde movement defined by celebrated men whose educational, philosophical and literary backgrounds were often quite different from those of their younger lovers and companions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFocusing on the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, Whitney Chadwick charts five intense, far-reaching female friendships among the surrealists to show how surrealism and the experiences of war, loss and trauma shaped individual women’s transitions from beloved muses to mature artists. Her vivid account includes the fascinating story of Claude Cahun and Suzanne Malherbe’s subversive activities in occupied Jersey, as well as the experiences of Lee Miller and Valentine Penrose at the frontline. The book draws on personal correspondence between the women, including the extraordinary letters between Leonora Carrington and Leonor Fini following the imprisonment of Carrington’s lover Max Ernst, and the letter Frida Kahlo shared with her friend and lover Jacqueline Lamba years after it was written in the 1930s during a difficult stay in Paris.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis thoroughly engrossing history brings a new perspective to the political context of surrealism, as well as fresh insights on the vital importance of female friendship to artistic and intellectual flowering.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThames and Hudson Ltd\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished: May 2025\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePages: 256\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDimensions: \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e12.9 x 2.4 x 19.8 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57586063049088,"sku":"9780500298275","price":123.0,"currency_code":"CNY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1331\/9421\/files\/TheMilitantMuse-Love_WarandtheWomenofSurrealism-WhitneyChadwick.jpg?v=1773241433","url":"https:\/\/freud-museum-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/bio","provider":"Freud Museum Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}