Transcription of Laura Mulvey’s Male Gaze Theory - Helsby High School
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Laura mulvey s Male gaze Theory Frequently quoted but often misunderstood, the work of Laura mulvey on the gaze is at the heart of feminist film Theory , and has been hugely influential since the mid-1970s. Essentials Laura mulvey is a Professor of Media and Film at Birkbeck, University of London. She is also a successful screenwriter, producer and director, and has written and edited many books and articles on the subject of contemporary film and feminist Theory and practice. Her most famous work to date is her seminal essay Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema , written in 1973 and first published in 1975 in the British film Theory journal Screen. At a simple level, this work, based on her own conceptual analysis of classical Hollywood film texts, rather than empirical audience research, argued the feminist position that the typical audience member is assumed to be male.
Laura Mulvey’s Male Gaze Theory Frequently quoted but often misunderstood, the work of Laura Mulvey on ‘the Gaze’ is at the heart of feminist film theory, and has been hugely influential since the mid-1970s. Essentials • Laura Mulvey is a Professor of Media and Film at Birkbeck, University of London.
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