signifier for the uncanny nature of the less-than-ideal female‚ the one with the threatening gaze. Miriam in Strangers on a Train‚ Ann Newton in The Shadow of a Doubt‚ Midge Wood in Vertigo and Dr. Constance Peterson in Spellbound offer excellent examples. Dr.Constance Peterson in a Psychiatrist usually an anomaly in a male dominated profession in the 1940s- which demands acute observation and male gaze - excels in it. The Freudian “bisexuality” ingrained in her character-the embodiment of both
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Scholderer also paints the object of Wollstonecraft’s gaze‚ differing from Opie’s portraits and humanizes her by giving her agency in the painting. Nochlin presents her argument against how women are looked at in art stating “the acceptance of woman as object of the desiring male gaze in the visual arts is so universal that for a woman to question‚ or to draw attention to this fact‚ is to invite derision‚” she reveals the problem of the male dominated world of objectifying women. During Wollstonecraft’s
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elevate her as an embodiment of the ideal reverses the surface/depth dichotomy and thus points to its instability. By turning towards the hidden depth which is associated with the quest for the ideal he exposes the illusory nature of surface. Now his gaze which communicates the intention to understand conveys the logocentric obsession with reaching the truth‚ of revealing what is behind the veil of the appearances: “He stopped and looked into her eyes
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with barely four lines in the epic-narrative by Valmiki. Volga presents Urmila as a feminist who raise questions on the misogynist norms‚ questions the biased rules of Dharma and emerges as a bold individual. Sita’s Promise by Uma Parameswaram is a dance drama created to link modern Canada with India through myth and dance. It is the story of Rama‚ Sita and Laxmana with some bold deviations. In this play‚ dance is given the prominence than the myth and various forms of dance have been presented
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Poisoned by the Media : The Objectification of Women In the media Historian/moralist John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton otherwise known simply as Lord Acton once said‚ “Power tends to corrupt‚ and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Power today comes in a new form‚ and its expression is clearly reflected in the media with its unending capacity for hegemony. With many societies being deeply rooted in the patriarchy and hegemonic masculinity‚ the media‚ with its power to permeate its views into
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Admonition on pornography from Quran and Hadith Islam on Pornography: A Definite No Such pictures‚ rather than curb or fulfill the desire‚ are designed to increase it inducing one to further prohibited acts and finally Zina (adultery or fornication). This is corroborated by the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) appearing in both Al-Bukhari and Muslim explaining the different categories of adultery: ’Lustful glances constitute Zina of the eyes. Listening (to flirtations
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in death‚ the “with” is taken away‚ too. She could die‚ but not with him because death is a private act. She argues that she has to wait to “shut the Other’s Gaze down‚” the other being her lover‚ and to shut his gaze could mean to literally close his eyes. The Gaze could also imply that there is something sustaining in his longing‚ loving gaze upon her; it gives her life‚ and must be shut in order for death to occur. In the following line of “You- could not-” she has doubts that he would have the
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Slaunder‚ Bosch‚ and Nuij (2011).Atypical visual orienting to eye gaze and arrow cues in children with high functioning autism spectrum disorder. Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders‚5‚742-748. 2. Mayes and Calhoun (2010).Impact of IQ‚age‚SES‚gender‚and race on autistic symptoms. Autism Spectrum Disorders‚5‚749-757.
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This article discusses the concepts of false consciousness and free will in conjunction with the male gaze. It begins by discussing the different ways women have dealt with the pressures placed on them by men. The argument that the two authors created deals with women who have undergone elective mammoplasty surgery. They discuss how there are two feminist perspectives that connect to this surgery; false consciousness and free will perspective. “…for women to feel comfortable with their embodied self
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Kim Thon English 110 10th September 2013 I’m sexy and I know it: Why shouldn’t I? I feel like there has been a change since Susan Bordo’s “Beauty (re)discovers the male body” when it comes to acceptance for men to care about their appearance. Bordo is claiming that for a long time it has been okay for men to view revealing pictures of women‚ but that it’s new for women to view revealing pictures of men. She talks about men showing themselves naked in pictures as a taboo. Men aren’t simply
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