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The Female Gaze

Book by Gamman, Lorraine, Marshment, Margaret

220 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1988

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January 26, 2012
This is an engaging but dated-in-its-case-study-texts engagement with Laura Mulvey's key essay exploring the male gaze in film - a central text of feminist film studies. In this case, however, the authors ask what happens when women become active gazers. Many of the ideas deserve revisiting at a time when popular cultural texts are increasingly marginalising women's power and agency, while admitting the legitimacy of liberal feminist politics.
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March 18, 2021
Really interesting read, only giving four stars as it’s written in the 80s and my PhD reasearch start date is from 1996. Have had some beneficial things to takeaway though !
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December 13, 2025
they cooked a whole meal with dessert☝️fed it to me and then they burped me. all I can say is THANK YOU <3
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