Overview

Since 2017 the #MeToo movement has expanded cultural awareness of the pervasiveness of sexual assault and tacit support for rape culture in the United States and beyond. Despite its ubiquity, sexual assault is one of the most underreported crimes in the world in part because of the mistreatment and misunderstanding survivors often face from their communities and the legal system. Art, Activism, and Sexual Violence brings together creative work, in multiple genres, with analyses of the historical and cultural contexts of sexual violence from intersectional feminist perspectives. Together, contributors illuminate the power of artists-as victims, survivors, and allies-to combat sexual violence through creative expression in partnership with historians, anthropologists, sociologists, journalists, and gender scholars. Showcasing dance, textile arts, painting, new media images, drama, and other creative forms, this volume embraces artistic expression's transformative potential and inspires readers to action, mutual recognition, resistance, and resilience.

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Author:   Sally L. Kitch ,  Dawn R. Gilpin
Publisher:   University of Washington Press
Imprint:   University of Washington Press
Weight:   0.658kg
ISBN:  

9780295752099

ISBN 10:   0295752092
Pages:   262
Publication Date:   22 April 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword: CounterActing Sexual Violence through the Arts Nik Zaleski and Elizabeth Johnson Levine Preface: Art, Activism, and Sexual Violence Sally L. Kitch Part 1 | The Transformative Power of the Arts 1 Responding to Sexual Violence with Art and Creative Expression Steven Tepper 2 Mechanisms of Social Transformation in the Arts Nicola Olsen Part 2 | Situating Sexual Violence 3 Structures of Sexual Violence in the United States Sally L. Kitch 4 A Hostile Virus Dawn R. Gilpin 5 Transnational Performances of Disobedience to Cultures of Sexual Violence Deborah Martin and Deborah Shaw Part 3 | Art as Advocacy 6 Young Love Found and Lost: Six Poems in a Circle Stephanie Leigh Batiste 7 Voicing Trauma through Dance Sydney Burrows 8 Retracing the Trace Luzene Hill 9 Women Who Can't Be Knocked Down Clarity Haynes 10 Repressed Sean Shannon 11 The Education of Mz. Chlo T De Long 12 Discomforters: Stories of Sexual Abuse through the Medium of Quilts Ruta Butkus Marino and Jennifer Karash-Eastman 13 Resetting Sights Susanne Slavick 14 Stitch. Write. Repeat. Jennifer Patterson 15 The Clothesline Project: A Tool for Addressing Domestic Violence Emily Bonistall Postel, Elaina Behounek, and Alesha Durfee 16 #WhatWereYouWearing Jasmin Goodman and Wei Sun 17 Seeing #MeToo: Shared Images of Sexual Violence Leslie-Jean Thornton Part 4 | Looking Ahead 18 Quelling an Epidemic: Tackling Sexual Violence through Allies and Art Sally L. Kitch 19 Who's Missing? The Negative Space of Sexual Violence Dawn R. Gilpin List of Contributors Index

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Sally L. Kitch is University and Regents Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at Arizona State University. Her many books include Contested Terrain: Reflections with Afghan Women Leaders and The Specter of Sex: Gendered Foundations of Racial Formation in the United States. Dawn R. Gilpin is assistant dean and associate professor at Arizona State University's Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, where her research focuses on mediated social systems. She is coauthor of Crisis Management in a Complex World.

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