Transcript bell hooks The Oppositional Gaze: Black Female Spectators

bell
hooks
The Oppositional Gaze:
Black Female Spectators
Prepared by:
Angela Voyles
Edited By: Dr. Picart
Associate Professor of English
Courtesy Associate Professor of Law
What is the gaze?

Is it political?
 Is it power?
 Is it resistance?
Why Resist?
Think about:

What happened when
“Miss Pauline”
identified with the
white character.
 What does this
promote?
Think about:
Why is “feminist film
theory” a bad example for
feminist film theory?
Beyond Conclusions
 Are
there any other
variables that maybe
feminist theory has
ignored?
 What other “isms” need to
be examined?