Famous Rapes: From Mesopotamia to Steubenville

Famous Rapes: From Mesopotamia to Steubenville image
ISBN-10:

1621342255

ISBN-13:

9781621342250

Author(s): Baker, Andrea
Released: Nov 22, 2019
Format: Paperback, 252 pages
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Description:

It is a simple truth that throughout history, certain rapes have become "famous." Old Master painters depicted sexual violence again and again, generally representing it as the transcendent work of heroes. Traditional Catholic stories teach that it is better to die during an attempted rape than it is to survive a completed one.

In19th- and 20th-century America, notorious fear about the sexuality of black men

wreaked havoc. From the days of Reconstruction through to the Central Park Jogger, wild accusations justified the literal and metaphoric lynching of men perceived as threats to white power.

Meanwhile, a revolution did take place. Conversations became public. Laws changed.

Andrea Baker's project is to reflect on the history of how rape has been depicted.

She draws images of sexual assault from both art history and contemporary visual culture, remaking them as spare white paper cutouts against a paper-packing-tape background. The swath of time from Mesopotamia to the present day is flattened and rolled out in unflinching continuity. As difficult as the material is, we do see progress within a history that is not always as distant we might prefer, and Baker is insistent that we celebrate our accomplishments, even as we continue to evolve.

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