"Visual pleasure and narrative cinema"
For femminist it can be thought of in three ways...
- How men look at women
- How women look at themselves
- How women look at other women
Features...
- The camera lingers on the curves of the females body, and events which occur to women are presented largely in the context of a man's reaction of these events.
- Relegates women to the status of objects. The female viewer must experience the narrative secondly , by identification with the male.
Criticisms...
- Some women enjoy being looked at e.g. beauty pageants.
- The gaze can also be directed towards members of the same genders for several reasons, not all of which are sexual: such as in comparison of body image or in clothing.
An example to support Laura Mulveys theroy is Cameron Diaz's entrance in the film 'The Mask'.
Vicky. This is an excellent example to have selected in support of the male gaze. What would be useful would be if you could add a brief explanation of how this reflects the male gaze.
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