Wasn't it a Peter Wollen article expanding on Mulvey? Scott Andrew Hutchins Examine The Life of Timon of Athens at Cracks in the Fourth Wall Theatre & Filmworks http://mywebpages.comcast.net/scottandrewh "To destroy an offender cannot benefit society so much as to redeem im." --L. Frank Baum, _The Flying Girl_, 1911 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melissa Williams" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 8:09 AM Subject: Re: seeking a quote about the gaze > Dear Mike, > > "The gaze" is a concept originally articulated by Laura Mulvey, in her > 1975 article, "Visual Pleasure in Narrative Cinema." It's been > reprinted frequently because of its groundbreaking arguments, but the > reference I have for it is as follows: > > Laura Mulvey, "Visual Pleasure in Narrative Cinema," in ed. P. Erens, > Issues in Feminist Film Criticism (Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana > University press, 1990), 28-71. > > Don't know if you're looking for someone else whose phrase > "to-be-looked-at-ness" is in response to Mulvey, but I'm guessing this > will at least get you going. > > Hope that helps! > > Melissa > > Melissa Williams > IT Fellow, American Studies > 104 Scott Hall > University of Minnesota > Minneapolis, MN 55455 > (612) 624-4190 > [log in to unmask] > > > Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 13:08:26 -0400 > From: [log in to unmask] > Subject: seeking a quote about the gaze > > i recently went searching for the source of a phrase used in > a widely circulated essay of some years back that, in reference > to "the gaze," talks about women as embodying a quality > the author calls "to-be-looked-at-ness" . . . but i wasn't able > to find it in the work of any of the [to me] usual suspects, > though i may have been looking in the wrong places . . . > > is there anyone who can tell me whose phrase this originally > was and where it appears . . . > > thanks much > > mike > > ************************** > > ---- > For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: > http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html