Friday, 5 October 2012

Research: Laura Mulvey


Someone who has looked at Representation very closely is Laura Mulvey and although Representation consists of many parts for example gender, age, ethnicity, place etc Mulvey’s thery relates specifically to gender.

Laura Mulvey states “In a world ordered by sexual imbalance, pleasure in looking has been split between active/male and passive female. The determining male gaze projects its fantasy onto the female figure which is styled accordingly”

What she means by this is that females and males can be either made to look passive (submissive) or active (dominant). Usually it is the female that is used to make the male look more dominant and a great example of this is Rack City by Tyga.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knWnMKKEt88



Here are some screenshots in which the artist tyga clearly uses a passive female to make himself appear dominant

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