Cinema And Spectatorship by Judith Mayne
A concise survey of key theories of how films construct and engage viewers, moving from psychoanalytic and apparatus models to feminist, queer, and cultural studies approaches. It interrogates concepts like gaze, identification, and pleasure, critiques the notion of a universal spectator, and emphasizes the historical, social, and embodied diversity of audiences. Through close readings and theoretical synthesis, it advocates linking textual analysis with reception and viewing contexts to offer a more flexible, nuanced account of cinematic address and spectatorship.
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- 1993
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