Unmasking the Gaze: Some Thoughts on New Feminist Film Theory and History

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  • Laura Mulvey University of London-Birkbeck College

Abstract

Partiendo de perspectivas feministas y psicoanalíticas, este ensayo de Laura Mulvey profundiza en la importancia de la mirada en el cine. Más concretamente, argumenta que la mirada cinematográfica está siempre sujeta a cuestiones de género y sexualidad, de manera que toda/o espectadora/espectador establece una compleja relación entre su identidad/sexualidad y la dinàmica erótica de la película. La autora sostiene, sin embargo, que el análisis psicoanalítico de la mirada no es irreconciliable con un análisis histórico y social de la misma. Para ejemplificar todo ello, examina la película Los caballeros las prefieren rubias (Howard Hawks, 1953).

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Published

2010-07-02

Issue

No. 7 (2001): Dones i cinema

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