RHETOR 20 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: John Berger, Social Presence Theory
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According to convention, the social presence of a woman is different from a woman (39) A man"s presence depends on the power he embodies (39) A woman"s expresses her attitude to herself (40) The surveyor of woman in herself is male: the surveyed male. Then she turns herself into an object - most particularly an object of vision: a sight (41) One category of european painting features nude subjects (41) In nude paintings we can discover criteria and conventions by which women have been seen and judged as sights (41) Implication that the woman is aware of being seen by a spectator (43) treating herself as sight (45) and demandings (46) if used, shows actve love between two people (47) (a form of art) (47) Often use mirror as a symbol of vanity and indicate the woman. Nakedness of mistress as sign of submission to the king"s feelings. Note that in other non-european traditions, nakedness is rare and.
