Half a century of the ‘male gaze’: why Laura Mulvey’s pioneering theory still resonates today
- Written by Ben McCann, Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Adelaide
On October 1 1975, the academic journal Screen published an essay by British film theorist Laura Mulvey titled Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.
It is a groundbreaking critique of classical Hollywood cinema, which Mulvey argues is constructed around patriarchal ideologies that shape how women are represented onscreen.
This foundational text trans...
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