Is the gaze male? Book Title: Women and Film: Both Sides of the Camera. Contributors: E. Ann Kaplan author. Publisher: Methuen. Place of Publication: London. Publication Year: 1983. Page Number: 35. Since the beginning of the recent women’s movement‚ American feminists have been exploring the representation of female sexuality in the arts—in literature‚ painting‚ film‚ and television. As we struggle towards meaningful theory‚ it is important to note that feminist criticism‚ as a new way of reading
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 In American Beauty‚ 1999‚ directed by Sam Mendes‚ we are confronted with the permeating images that have consumed mainstream American life. Mendes exploits these images as constructions that we created around ourselves as a means of hiding our true selves. Mendes is able to implicate us in the construction and make us active viewers by exploiting our voyeuristic nature. In American Beauty Mendes uses the voyeuristic tendencies of the spectator to acknowledge the permeating constructed
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determining male gaze projects its phantasy on to the female figure which is styled accordingly.” (Mulvey 750) Mulvey refers here to classic Hollywood cinema. Is her analysis still relevant? Discuss in relation to films from the classic era and contemporary cinema. Refer to films screened in this unit and films of your choice with attention to mise en scene and narrative structure. Laura Mulvey identifies certain patterns in narrative cinema regarding the model of power between the gaze and the subject
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Authenticity and the „tourist gaze“ Latin American Perspectives „Those who travel are searching for authentic encounters with exotic others. The natives become the spectacle.“ „The commoditization of people and their cultural traits and customs may alter cultural meanings and destroy their authenticity. Instead of the “real” thing‚ the commoditization of cultures leads to a fake or a “staged authenticity”(MacCannell‚ 1973; see also Cohen‚ 1988: 372; van den Berghe‚ 1994). The authenticity that
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Tiffany What Is Beauty to the Young Black Female? There’s more to me that the human eye can see. I’m a woman of purpose and destiny. A perfect design‚ I’m special and unique. I won’t be identified by the parts that make up my physique. My beauty is not defined by my skin or my hair and my soul has more value than the clothes that I wear. I’m not a symbol of pleasure or sex appeal; I have the natural ability to comfort and the power to heal. When God made me‚ He created a
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Male Gaze in Vertigo Several film theorists have used a variety of tactics and view points to analyze feature films since their inception. One of the most prominent theorists of those that analyze films from a feminist perspective is Laura Mulvey. Mulvey is famous for her essay “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema‚” which presents an array of theories involving the treatment of women in films. Arguably the most notable idea presented in Mulvey’s work is the existence of the “male gaze” in
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recently. And the Eye gaze systems are one of the most pivotal inventions in this context. The Eye gaze System is a communication and control system for people with complex physical disabilities. You run the system with your eyes. By looking at control keys displayed on a screen‚ a person can synthesize speech‚ control his environment (lights‚ appliances‚ etc.)‚ type‚ operate a telephone‚ run computer software‚ operate a computer mouse‚ and access the Internet and e-mail. Eye gaze Systems are being used
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In Chapter three of ‘The Practices of Looking’ Sturken and Cartwright examine the relationship between gender and the gaze. The chapter focuses on the work of feminist film theorist‚ Laura Mulvey. Mulvey’s main theory is first coined in her essay ‘Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema’ she discusses the ‘male gaze’‚ which is comprised of the outlook that the ‘camera is used as a tool of voyuerism and sadism’ and adopts the perspective of a heterosexual male viewer in order to objectify women. Mulvey
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“Globalizing the Gaze” by John Urry is a chapter that discusses the implications of globalization in tourism and travel‚ examining the ways in which tourism has changed since technologies like mobile phones and the internet have pervaded global communities. The chapter chronicles how the nature of tourism has changed drastically with the rise of these technologies and their ubiquity across the planet. For one‚ there is the increased scope of travel- it is no longer restricted to the wealthy‚ white
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America’s standards of beauty were created and taught to younger generations. Businesses reinforces unattainable standards with photoshopped images in order to make a profit. The media reinforces the ideal american body with movies and magazines. In America‚ beauty is important. People are obsessed with looks because they are constantly being taught that they are ugly by businesses and the media (Miner 288). People spend enormous amounts of money and take on great risk to be considered beautiful
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