Art, activism, and sexual violence / edited by Sally L. Kitch and Dawn R. Gilpin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kitch, Sally, editor.

Gilpin, Dawn R., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sexual abuse victims in art.

Abused women in art.

Sex crimes in art.

Sexual abuse victims.

Women--Violence against.

Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 242 pages) : color illustrations

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2024]

Summary:

"Art, Activism, and Sexual Violence brings together creative work, in multiple genres, with analyses of the historical and cultural contexts that illuminate the issue of sexual violence from intersectional feminist perspectives. The volume invites readers to witness and experience public art across many genres and is designed to catalyze readers' perceptions of and attitudes about sexual violence"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Foreword: CounterActing Sexual Violence through the Arts

Preface: Art, Activism, and Sexual Violence

Part 1: The Transformative Power of the Arts

1. Responding to Sexual Violence with Art and Creative Expression

2. Mechanisms of Social Transformation in the Arts

Part 2: Situating Sexual Violence

3. Structures of Sexual Violence in the United States

4. A Hostile Virus

5. Transnational Performances of Disobedience to Cultures of Sexual Violence

Part 3: Art as Advocacy

6. Young Love Found and Lost: Six Poems in a Circle

7. Voicing Trauma through Dance

8. Retracing the Trace

9. Women Who Can't Be Knocked Down

10. Repressed

11. The Education of Mz. Chloe

12. Discomforters: Stories of Sexual Abuse through the Medium of Quilts

13. Resetting Sights

14. Stitch. Write. Repeat.

15. The Clothesline Project: A Tool for Addressing Domestic Violence

16. #WhatWereYouWearing

17. Seeing #MeToo: Shared Images of Sexual Violence

Part 4: Looking Ahead

18. Quelling an Epidemic: Tackling Sexual Violence through Allies and Art

19. Who's Missing? The Negative Space of Sexual Violence

List of Contributors

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Q

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y

Z

Back Cover

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-295-75211-4

OCLC:

1429655614