Exist Otherwise: The Life and Works of Claude Cahun Hardcover – 1 May 2017

Shaw wrote a penetrating, indispensable study of Claude Cahun's Disavowals which is not restricted to a consideration of the work alone but also explores aspects of Claude Cahun's life and thought as a whole. As a result I rushed to acquire Exist Otherwise. The virtue of the latter lies mainly in the precious quotations from Cahun's writings and memories of wartime Jersey which are otherwise not easily accessible. Disappointingly, however, Shaw appears to have in mind a broader audience and consequently dilutes her acute gaze.