Browsing Humanities by Author "Jensen, Amy Alexandra"
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The representation of the female body/embodiment in selected mainstream American films
Jensen, Amy Alexandra (North-West University, 2014)In her article “Visual pleasure and narrative cinema” (1975) Laura Mulvey explains how film portrays the female characters as passive sexualised objects, on display for the male (erotic) gaze. Although, Mulvey did make ...