English 2017 Lecture 33: Lecture 33
7 Feb 2017
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Laura mulvey 834 (cid:862)pa(cid:396)ado(cid:454)i(cid:272)all(cid:455), it is th(cid:396)ough the i(cid:374)he(cid:396)e(cid:374)tl(cid:455) f(cid:396)a(cid:272)tu(cid:396)ed (cid:374)atu(cid:396)e of (cid:449)o(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:859)s self-perception that it (cid:271)e(cid:272)o(cid:373)es possi(cid:271)le to (cid:373)ou(cid:374)t a (cid:272)halle(cid:374)ge to (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:448)e(cid:374)tio(cid:374)al ideologies of ge(cid:374)de(cid:396). The mirror stage: entering the imaginary (cid:862)ja(cid:272)(cid:395)ues la(cid:272)a(cid:374) has described how the moment when a child recognises its own image in the (cid:373)i(cid:396)(cid:396)o(cid:396) is (cid:272)(cid:396)u(cid:272)ial fo(cid:396) the de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of the ego. [t]his (cid:396)e(cid:272)og(cid:374)itio(cid:374) of hi(cid:373)self is jo(cid:455)ous i(cid:374) that he imagines his mirror image to be more complete, more perfect than he experiences in his own body. Recognition is thus overlaid with miscrecognition: the image recognised is conceived as the reflected body of the self, but its misrecognition as superior projects this body outside itself as a(cid:374) ideal ego, the alie(cid:374)ated su(cid:271)je(cid:272)t(cid:863) laura mulvey 836. Whe(cid:374) (cid:455)ou(cid:859)(cid:396)e a (cid:272)hild (cid:894)(cid:396)oughl(cid:455) 1(cid:1012) (cid:373)o(cid:374)ths(cid:895) a(cid:374)d see (cid:455)ou(cid:396)self i(cid:374) a (cid:373)i(cid:396)(cid:396)o(cid:396), it is a fou(cid:374)datio(cid:374)al moment of identity development the child gains an understanding of what a subject (self) is and looks like.
