Visual And Other Pleasures Review

: The tension between identifying with the powerful male hero on screen (narcissism) and the pleasure derived from looking at the female character (scopophilia).

: The idea that the camera (and the audience) views the world and women from a masculine, heterosexual point of view. Visual and Other Pleasures

: This post on That Film and Game Blog provides a modern look at how Mulvey's concepts of the male gaze and scopophilia (the pleasure of looking) still resonate—and are criticized—in today’s academic landscape. : The tension between identifying with the powerful

: For a more theoretical breakdown, the post at Circle, Uncoiled examines how Mulvey uses psychoanalytic theory as a "political weapon" to demonstrate how patriarchal structures are built into the very form of cinema. the post at Circle