Unspeakable Acts. Women, Art, and Sexual Violence in the 1970s

Unspeakable Acts. Women, Art, and Sexual Violence in the 1970s
“Unspeakable Acts is an important and urgent book. Princenthal’s trenchant, honest, complex exploration of the radical representations of sexual violence in the 1970s delineates the upheaval of implicit assumptions about rape, bodies, silence and speech in particular works by individual artists in light of their broader artistic and political meanings and lasting consequences. I read it with breathless, captive attention.”
- Siri Hustvedt, author of "The Blazing World and Memories of the Future"
“Nancy Princenthal speaks of the unspeakable brilliantly, bravely, thoroughly, and thoughtfully. She addresses art, literature, theatre, film and video games... and the real life politics they reflect, offering a long overdue look at creative coverage of rape, domestic violence, and other acts. In the process she has also written one of the best recent books on feminist arts.”
- Lucy R. Lippard, writer and activist
- Siri Hustvedt, author of "The Blazing World and Memories of the Future"
“Nancy Princenthal speaks of the unspeakable brilliantly, bravely, thoroughly, and thoughtfully. She addresses art, literature, theatre, film and video games... and the real life politics they reflect, offering a long overdue look at creative coverage of rape, domestic violence, and other acts. In the process she has also written one of the best recent books on feminist arts.”
- Lucy R. Lippard, writer and activist