Author: Melia Belli Bose, Department of Art History & Visual Studies, University of Victoria

Abstract: »Melia Belli Bose, in chapter 14, “Amio: Gender-Based Violence in Contemporary Bangladeshi Art,” follows four Bangladeshi visual artists who confront gender violence against women through their art. Exploring the act of “public witnessing” performed by both artists and viewers, Belli Bose shows how artists proclaim “ami o” (“me too”) through their work, while helping survivors to reclaim their dignity and heal, and how viewers are integral to publicly witnessing all of this.« (Source: Caldwell, Ellen C., et al. »Introduction: Gender Violence and Art History.« Gender Violence, Art, and the Viewer: An Intervention. Edited by Ellen C. Caldwell et al. University Park 2024: 18-19.)

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