SEXUAL POLITICS, SEXUAL VIOLENCE AND THE COMMUNIST LEFT
a lecture by Bettina Aptheker
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September 19, Monday
6:30 to 8 pm
Bettina Aptheker, Feminist Studies and History, UC-Santa Cruz
Following the publication of Aptheker’s memoir, Intimate Politics, a storm of controversy ensued in a public debate on the Internet concerning her disclosure of childhood sexual abuse. In addition, Aptheker received literally hundreds of letters from readers who revealed their own experiences with childhood abuse in Communist and Left families about which they had been silenced. Based upon this experience and complemented by work in the Communist Party archives Aptheker will present preliminary approaches towards a history of these issues within the Communist Left between the 1940s and the 1970s.
Department of Teaching and Learning
239 Greene Street, 2nd Floor
between Washington Place and West 4th Street
This event is free and open to the public. Venue is wheelchair accessible.
For more information, please contact the Department of Teaching and Learning at 212-998-5460.
Co-sponsored by the NYU Department of Teaching and Learning and the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality.
