Gazing At Each Other Flashcards
Spectatorship
the practice of looking
Panopticon
police towers cause policed behavior and the fear of being watched
Surveillance society
modifying our behvior in the fear that we are being watched
Scopophilia
the pleasure of looking and being looked at
Binary power dynamics
male - looker active strong leader
female - looked at weak passive follower
To Be Looked At Ness
the center of attention, performance for the viewers (dismemberment ads, female character entrance)
Dismemberment
only certain parts of the body are shown making them seem more like an object
Voyeurism
looking without permission
Three Looks
Camera records the event
Audience watches the movie
Characters looks at each other
Othering
putting your culture at the center of everything, evything else is different. A way to define yourself by identifying what you are not.
Edward Said
points out false assumption in the wests unrealistic view of the orient
Exotification
exotic and romanticized land making it seem unreal, unrelatable and exceedingly differnt from the west
orientalism
idea of east meat west
orient
east (exotic, strange, feminine, mysterious, oppressive to women)
occidnet
west (manly, freedom)