Laura Mulvey

article, “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema,” Laura Mulvey details her beliefs that traditional Hollywood films are a representation of societies patriarchal ideals. She states that as “men dictate the rules,” they ultimately formulate the “ideal visions, roles and dominance over women” (843). She expresses that a “male gaze,” in which the audience views a world dictated by heterosexual males, has largely been accepted by the media. Although Mulvey states that the representation of women in…

Beginning from a young age we create our identity in relation to what we see around us. If we are shown women being sexualized, as victims or in domestic roles, we are likely to accept it as being normal. The gender inequality being demonstrated in the media has many consequences. For example, when women are being portrayed as weak and passive, it can seem very unusual for them to be independent and powerful in our society. This can be injurious to both women and men’s ideas about what career…

In association with the Ballad of Little Jo, Mulvey’s parameters are addressed, but in ways that disproves one of her main points. Mulvey underlined that women are objectified and are not in charge. In cinema, women are represented in film predominantly through the male gaze, generally seen as sexually objectified. Greenwald invalidates this by switching the roles of feminism and masculinity…

I am going to be analysing Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo and will be looking at the key concepts of Laura Mulvey’s male gaze (SOURCE), manifest and latent content (Storey, DATE) id, ego and superego (SOURCE) and the conscious and unconscious (SOURCE). These concepts are present in the film and I will be looking at how Hitchcock brings these ideas to life. In Vertigo we are shown the concept of id, ego and superego through the portrayal of the main characters, especially Scottie. According to…

professions, to equal pay and protective legislation for women worker. Laura Mulvey is a feminist film critic who suggested that media products are viewed from a masculine point of view and created towards…

feminism is the most distinct movement in film criticism. By using psychoanalysis, he criticizes the essay written by Laura Mulvey (1989) “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema”. The purpose of the paper is to defend the images women are portrayed in film approach, which is similar to the idea of Murphy (2015) that women are underrepresented in nowadays film. According to Noël, Mulvey believes that the Hollywood cinema succeeds because of the manipulation of the audience’s visual pleasure, which…

helped substantially by a book called ‘Save the Cat’ by Blake Snyder [1]. In looking at various points towards the Femme Fatale and castration anxiety, we looked at the book ‘Feminism and Film’ by Maggie Humm [2] and ‘Visual and Other Pleasures’ by Laura Mulvey [3]. These helped us in writing and portraying phallic imagery (in the form of a gun) and the death of Mia for castration anxiety, the gun being the weapon used in order for the male to retake control of a situation. We also retried…

strong resources that will help my research on the ideals of masculinity and femininity because they will aid my understanding of how both are constructed in a patriarchal society. In regards to the gaze theory, I will be analysing John Berger, Laura Mulvey and Carol Duncan’s work. Each of these people writes about the gaze within visual culture. John Berger wrote about the male gaze in his book “Ways of Seeing” in 1972. Berger examines society’s relationship with the female body, in particular…

This statement by Laura Mulvey says a great deal. This statement is just like this television series and the spinoffs. The directors, producers, and cast want the viewers and audience to see something completely different in the show. They want the spectators to see it for not…

Painting is one of the forms of self-expression. Artists often use this media to show their opinion on social and cultural issues. In all Mark Ryden`s work there is a hint at something dark beneath the surface of mass culture. He creates dark paintings in which he combines images of cute children, cultural symbols and incomprehensible and alarming images. Ryden chooses themes that carry cultural connotations. He is interested in what different people and cultures consider sacred. His paintings…