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The '''lesbian gaze''' is a [[queer theory|queer]] response to the [[male gaze]]. The notion of gaze considers how an [[audience]] perceives a work of art, particularly people within the work of art. Theories of the male gaze particularly consider the presumed audience for a work to be male; creation of a work in relation to the male gaze is an exercise of patriarchal power. The presentation of a woman is presumed to be in part an exercise of sexuality. The lesbian gaze disrupts -- queers -- the expectation of a male gaze. | The '''lesbian gaze''' is a [[queer theory|queer]] response to the [[male gaze]]. The notion of gaze considers how an [[audience]] perceives a work of art, particularly people within the work of art. Theories of the male gaze particularly consider the presumed audience for a work to be male; creation of a work in relation to the male gaze is an exercise of patriarchal power. The presentation of a woman is presumed to be in part an exercise of sexuality. The lesbian gaze disrupts -- queers -- the expectation of a male gaze, and also raises questions of identification, objectification, and attraction. | ||
''See also [[Audience | Examples of use of lesbian gaze in feminist SF criticism include: | ||
* Atara Stein, "''Xena: Warrior Princess'', the Lesbian Gaze, and the Construction of a Feminist Heroine", ''Whoosh'' Issue #24, available at http://www.whoosh.org/issue24/stein1.html | |||
Further reading: | |||
* "identification vs. attraction," 2006 Nov. 24, [http://rivendellrose.livejournal.com/468812.html post and discussion thread] thru 2006 Dec. 11, at ''The Bookworm'' | |||
''See also [[Audience theory]]'' | |||
[[Category:Theory|Lesbian gaze]] | [[Category:Theory|Lesbian gaze]] | ||
Latest revision as of 13:02, 7 February 2007
The lesbian gaze is a queer response to the male gaze. The notion of gaze considers how an audience perceives a work of art, particularly people within the work of art. Theories of the male gaze particularly consider the presumed audience for a work to be male; creation of a work in relation to the male gaze is an exercise of patriarchal power. The presentation of a woman is presumed to be in part an exercise of sexuality. The lesbian gaze disrupts -- queers -- the expectation of a male gaze, and also raises questions of identification, objectification, and attraction.
Examples of use of lesbian gaze in feminist SF criticism include:
- Atara Stein, "Xena: Warrior Princess, the Lesbian Gaze, and the Construction of a Feminist Heroine", Whoosh Issue #24, available at http://www.whoosh.org/issue24/stein1.html
Further reading:
- "identification vs. attraction," 2006 Nov. 24, post and discussion thread thru 2006 Dec. 11, at The Bookworm
See also Audience theory