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People had a habit of

looking at me as if I wassome kind of mirror

instead of a person.

They didn't see me,

they saw their own lewdthoughts, then they

white-masked

themselves by calling

me the lewd one.- Marilyn Monroe -

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VISUAL PLEASURE &

NARRATIVE CINEMA

L a u r a M u l v e y

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A POLITICAL USE OF

P S Y C H O A N A L Y S I S

Unconscious

Penis /Phallus

Castrationcomplex

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A POLITICAL USE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS:

U N C O N S C I O U S

Freud The motives behind our

actions are mostlyunconscious

Mulvey Patriarchal

unconsciousstructures film form

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Theunconscious is

structured like alanguage

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A POLITICAL USE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS:

P E N I S / P H A L L U S

Penis

Actualy bodilyorgan

Phallus Signifier of

lack

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Fear ofcastrationBoys

PenisenvyGirls

A POLITICAL USE OF PSYCHOANALYSIS:

C A S T R A T I O N C O M P L E X

Woman as bearerof meaning,

not makerof meaning.

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How to fight the

unconscious structured

like a language,while still caught within

the language of the

patriarchy?

Destruction of Pleasure!

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PLEASURE IN

L O O K I N G

Scopophilia(Sexualinstinct)

Narcissistic(Identification)

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PLEASURE IN LOOKING

S C O P O P H I L I A

Taking other people asobjects, subjecting them

to a controlling and

curious gaze, e.g.

voyeuristic activity ofchildren

Spectator as voyeur

(Peeping Toms)

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PLEASURE IN LOOKING

N A R C I S S I S T I C

Mirror stage:identification with the

image seen;

constitution of the ego

The spectatoridentifies with the

glamorous stars on

the screen their ego

ideals

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WOMAN AS IMAGE,MAN AS BEARER OF THE LOOK

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WOMAN AS I M A G E

MAN AS BEARER OF THE LOOK

Women aresimultaneous-ly looked

at and displayed, they

connote to-be-looked-

at-ness Women displayed on

two levels: as erotic

object for the characters

within the screen story,and as erotic object for

the spectator

Active

Male

Passive

Female

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WOMAN AS IMAGE

MAN AS B E A R E R OF THE LOOK

The man on screencontrols the film

phantasy.

He is the agent of the

look with whomspectators identify to

enjoy vicarious control

and possession of the

woman.

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