Episode 6 - Claude Cahun & Marcel Moore, Jersey's Anti-Nazi Queer Icons

Bunkum and Ballyhoo

Episode 6 of Bunkum & Ballyhoo rounds up a season on World War 2-related bullshit by looking at when lies and propaganda can be used for good, exploring the lives and times of the revolutionary queer surrealist artists Claude Cahun & Marcel Moore, and how they stood up to Nazi oppression in occupied Jersey.

Selected Sources:
Disavowals by Claude CahunPaper Bullets: Two Artists Who Risked Their Lives To Defy The Nazis by Jeffrey H. JacksonClaude Cahun by Francois LeperlierLiberated: The Radical Art and Life of Claude Cahun by Kaz Rowe
Claude Cahun: A Sensual Politics of Photography by Gen Doy