46+ The Gaze Theory Gif. Theories of the gaze, especially since the 1970s and 80s, have enjoyed particular fortune in three main fields of knowledge: This essay surveys the principal sources for the theory in psychoanalysis, gender theory, and perspectival representation.

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An explanation of laura mulvey's male gaze theory, and some thoughts on its relevance today. The male gaze theory, a feminist theory by laura mulvey, was developed in 1975. Theories of the gaze, especially since the 1970s and 80s, have enjoyed particular fortune in three main fields of knowledge:

Hooks contrasts mulvey's male gaze with her theory of the oppositional gaze, a gaze usually excluded from feminist film theory but nonetheless.

Such feminist theorists posit that since it is almost always the female who is being gazed upon by the male, the man exhibits power over the woman. So it's impossible for there to be a female gaze… isn't that nice?? These include advertisements, television programs and cinema. Focusing on the dual function of eye gaze, this review explores how the presence of an audience, communicative purpose and temporal dynamics of gaze allow interacting partners to achieve successful communication.