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People had a habit of
looking at me as if I wassome kind of mirror
instead of a person.
They didn't see me,
they saw their own lewdthoughts, then they
white-masked
themselves by calling
me the lewd one.- Marilyn Monroe -
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VISUAL PLEASURE &
NARRATIVE CINEMA
L a u r a M u l v e y
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A POLITICAL USE OF
P S Y C H O A N A L Y S I S
Unconscious
Penis /Phallus
Castrationcomplex
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A POLITICAL USE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS:
U N C O N S C I O U S
Freud The motives behind our
actions are mostlyunconscious
Mulvey Patriarchal
unconsciousstructures film form
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Theunconscious is
structured like alanguage
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A POLITICAL USE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS:
P E N I S / P H A L L U S
Penis
Actualy bodilyorgan
Phallus Signifier of
lack
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Fear ofcastrationBoys
PenisenvyGirls
A POLITICAL USE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS:
C A S T R A T I O N C O M P L E X
Woman as bearerof meaning,
not makerof meaning.
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How to fight the
unconscious structured
like a language,while still caught within
the language of the
patriarchy?
Destruction of Pleasure!
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PLEASURE IN
L O O K I N G
Scopophilia(Sexualinstinct)
Narcissistic(Identification)
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PLEASURE IN LOOKING
S C O P O P H I L I A
Taking other people asobjects, subjecting them
to a controlling and
curious gaze, e.g.
voyeuristic activity ofchildren
Spectator as voyeur
(Peeping Toms)
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PLEASURE IN LOOKING
N A R C I S S I S T I C
Mirror stage:identification with the
image seen;
constitution of the ego
The spectatoridentifies with the
glamorous stars on
the screen their ego
ideals
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WOMAN AS IMAGE,MAN AS BEARER OF THE LOOK
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WOMAN AS I M A G E
MAN AS BEARER OF THE LOOK
Women aresimultaneous-ly looked
at and displayed, they
connote to-be-looked-
at-ness Women displayed on
two levels: as erotic
object for the characters
within the screen story,and as erotic object for
the spectator
Active
Male
Passive
Female
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WOMAN AS IMAGE
MAN AS B E A R E R OF THE LOOK
The man on screencontrols the film
phantasy.
He is the agent of the
look with whomspectators identify to
enjoy vicarious control
and possession of the
woman.
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