1. Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema by Laura Mulvey
Laura Mulvey's take on the "male gaze" in cinema in her essay, "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" relies on psychoanalytic theory to highlight the role of the patriarchal subconscious of society in films, as well as the threat of castration in the presence of a female character in the midst of a male-dominant storyline. Her main argument centers on the assertion of the objectification of women in Hollywood narrative films. ... Despite the many other factors that constitute a film, such as the success of the narrative, as well as the level of realism in the performa...
- Word Count: 707
- Approx Pages: 3
- Has Bibliography
- Grade Level: Graduate