Queering the Gaze: Visualizing Desire in Lacanian Film Theory
Film theorists typically conceptualize the gaze in film in terms of power and mastery. However, using Lacan’s notion of the gaze as the objet petit a, or an unattainable object that provokes desire, this essay examines the objet petit a as the foundation of an intersectional queer gaze, aligning qu...
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| Language: | English |
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Università di Pisa
2021-04-01
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| Series: | Whatever |
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| Online Access: | https://whatever.cirque.unipi.it/index.php/journal/article/view/106 |