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'''Claude Cahun''' was a French photographer, sculptor and writer who is best known for self-portraits in which they assumed a variety of personae. They took on the gender-ambiguous name Claude Cahun in 1917. Cahun's work was both political and personal, and often undermined traditional concepts of static [[gender roles]]. In their autobiography, ''Disavowals'', they explained, "Masculine? Feminine? It depends on the situation. [[Neuter]] is the only gender that always suits me."<ref>{{Cite book|title=Disavowals : or cancelled confessions|first=Claude|last=Cahun|date=2008|publisher=The MIT Press|isbn=9780262533034|oclc=922878515}}</ref> During World War II, Cahun was also active as a resistance worker and propagandist. | '''Claude Cahun''' was a French photographer, sculptor and writer who is best known for self-portraits in which they assumed a variety of personae. They took on the gender-ambiguous name Claude Cahun in 1917. Cahun's work was both political and personal, and often undermined traditional concepts of static [[gender roles]]. In their autobiography, ''Disavowals'', they explained, "Masculine? Feminine? It depends on the situation. [[Neuter]] is the only gender that always suits me."<ref>{{Cite book|title=Disavowals : or cancelled confessions|first=Claude|last=Cahun|date=2008|publisher=The MIT Press|isbn=9780262533034|oclc=922878515}}</ref> Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore lived together and worked together. the rumored couple lived until around 90. During World War II, Cahun was also active as a resistance worker and propagandist. | ||
During the early 1920s, they settled in Paris with lifelong partner and step-sibling [[Marcel Moore]]. | During the early 1920s, they settled in Paris with lifelong partner and step-sibling [[Marcel Moore]]. | ||
==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
*{{Cite web |title=Claude Cahun: The trans artist years ahead of her time |last=Emelife |first=Aindrea |work=BBC |date=29 June 2016 |access-date=21 May 2020 |url= https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160629-claude-cahun-the-trans-artist-years-ahead-of-her-time}} | *{{Cite web |title=Claude Cahun: The trans artist years ahead of her time |last=Emelife |first=Aindrea |work=BBC |date=29 June 2016 |access-date=21 May 2020 |url= https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160629-claude-cahun-the-trans-artist-years-ahead-of-her-time|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131213050/https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20160629-claude-cahun-the-trans-artist-years-ahead-of-her-time |archive-date=17 July 2023 }} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||