Monday, 19 November 2012

Laura Mulvey and The Male Gaze

Gaze:

The concept of the gaze is one that deals with how an audienece views the people presented.

3 examples that feminist believe are

  • How men look at women
  • How women look at themselves
  • How women look at other women

Laura Mulveys theory:

Laura Mulvey created the term 'male gaze' in 1975. She believes that film audiences have to view characters from a perspective of a heterosexual male.

Features:

The camera lingers on the curves of the female body, and events which occur to women are presented largely in the context of a mans reaction to these events. Relegates women to the status of objects. The female viewer must experience the narrative secondarily, by identification with the male.

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