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Laura Mulvey’s "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" is a landmark feminist film theory essay arguing that classic Hollywood films are built around the male gaze—where women are objectified and exist mainly for male pleasure. She uses psychoanalysis to show how movies reinforce patriarchal power, positioning men as active and women as passive. While groundbreaking, her argument has been critiqued for being too rigid, ignoring diverse audiences, and overlooking queer and female spectatorship.
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Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema, Laura Mulvey Masculinity as Spectacle, Steve Neale Media, Gender & Identity, David Gauntlett A subculture is a group within a larger society that has its own values, interests, and way of life, which can be different from the mainstream culture. According to Hebdige (1979), subcultures use style and identity to express their differences and sometimes challenge dominant social norms.
Hebdige, D. (1979) Subculture: The meaning of style. London: Methuen |
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