WGS205H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Bell Hooks, Heteronormativity
17 Nov 2017
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Encourages women of color in film to reject stereotypical representations in film and actively critique them. Act of looking back and a form of resistance to that critical gaze. Bell hooks discusses the history from the beginning of slavery who were not allowed to look at white people, talks about the power of looking back. Goes on to systematic racism how the media expresses the male gaze was dominant within cinema, cinema racism. If this shows up on exam, define it, give author, give context. Some think of a selfie as a self-portrait. Historically self-portraits were very rare but with the boom in photography and became more popular. Done with something is spontaneous," not necessarily staged. The speed with which they are captured and shared. Selfies make someone the protagonist of their own story. Selfieness specifically is defined by how a subject compose an image to create an emotional feel.
