cinematic society : the voyeur's gaze
TitleThe cinematic society : the voyeur's gaze
Author
PublisherSage
Year of publication1995
Materialboek
Series titleTheory, culture & society
ISBN0-8039-8657-20-8039-8658-0
NotesVIII, 247 p. ; 24 cm. - Literatuuropgave: p. 223-239 Met reg.
SubjectVerenigde Staten, sociologie, films, publiek, sociale invloed
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Abstract
The author analyses Hollywood's manipulations of gender, race and class, and, drawing on the work of Foucault, argues that the cinematic gaze must be understood as part of the machinery of surveillance and power which regulates social behaviour in the late twentieth century.