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