Visual Culture

[Annukya]

What role dose the 'gaze' play in a spectator's relationship to visual media like cinema?

[gary baldy]

Too complicated to talk about here so i suggest you look here

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_gaze

and you can 'gaze' at it at your leisure!

[bluejonjo]

I suggest you read a book called Downcast Eyes: The Denigration of Vision in Twentieth-Century French Thought by Martin Jay. More related to photography and the human eye, but its about as comprehensive as you can get.

Have some asprin handy cos its a real headache.