Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Content Warning v
3. Contents vii
4. List of Illustrations x
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. Introduction: Gender Violence and Art History 1
7. Part 1: Reckoning with Violence in the Canon: Pedagogical and Art-Historical Approaches
8. Introduction 25
9. 1 Women and Violence in Ancient Greek Art: Subverting the Dominant Narrative 27
10. 2 Invisible Casualties: Gender Violence in Assyrian Relief Sculptures 39
11. 3 An Unmentionable History: The Stigma of Sodomy and Images of Violence Toward Queer and Trans Peoples in Premodern Europe 50
12. 4 Breaking the Silence: Depictions of Gender-Based Violence and Sexual Violation in Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art 62
13. 5 Teaching About Gendered and Racialized Violence in Colonial Mexican Art: The Case of Malintzin and Other Challenges 74
14. 6 Sexing the Canvas: The Rape Narrative of the Black Female Body in Western History Paintings 87
15. 7 Cultivating a Humanizing Gaze: Viewership, Consumption, and Complicity in Art and Film After #MeToo 98
16. Part 2: Transformational Curatorial Practices: Shifting Educational Practices in Public Spaces
17. Introduction 111
18. 8 Subverting Patriarchy in Art Museums: Strategies for the Anti-Oppressive Art Museum Educator 113
19. 9 Why It’s Impossible to Separate the Art from the Artist: An Educator’s Experience with Gauguin and Picasso 126
20. 10 To Censor or to Teach: Educational Reflections on a Foundational Exhibition 138
21. 11 An Overwhelming Response: Gender-Based Violence and Contemporary Feminist Art 150
22. 12 Bring Her Home: Awareness, Advocacy, Resistance, and Healing 161
23. Part 3: Art and/as Advocacy
24. Introduction 173
25. 13 Gender Violence, Censorship, and Erasure: A Conversation with Ria Brodell About Contemporary Art, Practice, and Pedagogy 175
26. 14 Amio: Gender-Based Violence in Contemporary Bangladeshi Art 187
27. 15 Anti-Rape and Anti-Incest Counternarratives: Art in the United States Since the 1960s and in the Wake of the #MeToo Movement 201
28. 16 Considering Unseen Violence: Zanele Muholi’s Faces and Phases 211
29. Conclusion: Moving Forward—A New Era in Art History 223
30. Resource Appendix 229
31. List of Contributors 237
32. Index 243