Apocalyptic desires and possessing the world through the gaze
Whilst cinema certainly propagates social change as a signpost of dominant ideologies and prevalent values in society, it may also be a means to establish resisting positions, and here I examine the dynamics of ‘looking’ versus ‘to be looked-at-ness’, as it were. I attempt this through a reading of...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Edinburgh Library
2020-07-01
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| Series: | The South Asianist |
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| Online Access: | http://www.southasianist.ed.ac.uk/article/view/4275 |
| Summary: | Whilst cinema certainly propagates social change as a signpost of dominant ideologies and prevalent values in society, it may also be a means to establish resisting positions, and here I examine the dynamics of ‘looking’ versus ‘to be looked-at-ness’, as it were. I attempt this through a reading of Satyajit Ray’s Charulata and problematise Laura Mulvey’s notion of the 'male gaze'. Ray’s film, in fact, seem to pre-empt this with the ‘female gaze’. This, I argue, differs because it is discerning and critical, and it is through this that the woman at last comes into her own. |
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| ISSN: | 2050-487X |