Criticism, theory & documents

Fabula

 
 
Series founded by Alexandre Laumonier.
Lionel Ovesey - Color line - Oppression et inconscient
2018
French edition
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A landmark study on the psychological effects of oppression on Black Americans during the 1940s.
Carl Havelange - Gaspard - Une écriture ouvrière au XIXe siècle
2018
French edition
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A reflection on history and the historical document, based on the chronicles of a village written in the 19th century by a Walloon worker.
David Signer - Économie de la sorcellerie
2017
French edition
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An ethnological study of witchcraft in West Africa, based on field research conducted in five countries between 1994 and 2000.
In octavo - Des formats de l\'art
2015
French edition
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A collective work bringing together thirty contributors, based on an experimental research project conducted with artists and theoreticians (philosophers, sociologists, historians, scientists...) around the question of the formats of art, a forgotten yet decisive issue that crosses contemporary artistic practices in depth.
Jean-Claude Lebensztejn - Déplacements
2014
French edition
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A collection of previously unpublished or revised texts by Jean-Claude Lebensztejn (1992-2012).
Peter Galison - Objectivité
2012
French edition
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The story of objectivity, by two of the greatest historians of science today.
Juliet Fleming - Graffiti et arts scripturaux à l\'aube de la modernité anglaise
2011
French edition
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The unknown and disregarded literary arts of sixteenth century England (graffiti, tatoos, writing on clothes or ceramics...): a startling new perspective of early modern literature and cultural history.
Emmanuel Guy - Préhistoire du sentiment artistique - L\'invention du style, il y a 20 000 ans
2011
French edition
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The first artistic perspective on prehistoric art through the rigorous study of its formal conventions and stylistic developments.
Lewis H. Morgan - Le castor américain et ses ouvrages
2010
French edition
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First translation in French of the study on American beaver by a pioneer of ethology and anthropology in the US, an avant-garde and surprisingly relevant work in an age of global ecological crisis.
Jean-Claude Lebensztejn - Pygmalion
2010
French edition
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An erotic history of art, from the figure of Pygmalion.
Alfred Gell - L\'art et ses agents - Une théorie anthropologique
2009
French edition
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First translation in French of a major work by British social anthropologist.
Katharine Park - Secrets de femmes - Le genre, la génération et les origines de la dissection humaine
2009
French edition
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The central role of female body in the history of anatomy, beyond the historiographical "taboo" around the religious prohibition.
In actu - De l\'expérimental dans l\'art
2009
French edition
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A collection of texts on contemporary experimental practices in art.
S. M. Eisenstein - Glass House - Du projet de film au film comme projet
2009
French edition
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An unfinished project by Eisenstein inspired by the deconstruction of traditional architecture and its ideologies.
S. M. Eisenstein - Cinématisme - Peinture et cinéma
2009
French edition
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A selection of Eisenstein's writings.
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