The Rhetoric of Rape, the Language of Vandalism

Considers the analogies between the vandalism of art works and the concept of rape. The author posits that acts of violence enacted upon art imply a conception of works as living entities, details how the language used to discuss such incidents presents the works as feminized victims of assault, and...

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Published in:Woman's art journal 2002-03, Vol.23 (1), p.29-36
Main Author: McKim-Smith, Gridley
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Art exhibitions
Art museums
Fire damage
Genitalia
Issues and Insights
Political protests
Rape
Sexual violence
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Violence against women
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Sexual violence
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