Voyeurism

Sexual Agency is not a Problem of Neoliberalism: Feminism, Sexual Justice, & the Carceral Turn is an essay written by Kari Lerum and Shari Dworkin in response to Bay-Cheng 's production of the Agency Line. Within their essay they critique the limitations and presumptions that Bay-Cheng makes in their own work, and suggest routes of deeper examination and possibility towards a more inclusive ideology. I will first summarize Lerum and Dworkin 's essay, and then position myself in dialogue with…

Freud, “the Interpretation of Dream” Freud first recounts the story of Oedipus Rex. Freud says this story speaks to the audience because we are inherently attracted to the same sex parent and usually dislike the opposite sex parent; this is where his term Oedipus complex comes from. He then compares Hamlet to Oedipus Rex by stating that they both discuss the issues of dreams concerning parents, but in Hamlet the inclinations to fall for your parents is unconscious. The next chapter discusses…

The Couple in the Cage was an analysis on the issue of the colonial practice of exhibiting aborigines in public venues such as public houses, museums, and World Expos. Gómez-Peña and Fusco brought into light the issues of racism, colonialism, and voyeurism via the performance of The Couple in the Cage in different museums. He had to present a lie in order to reveal the blatant truth that people refuse to see and…

When talking and writing about professional and academic feminist film critics and its relevance in the future, it is important to outline a few of the central problems it tackles, rooted in its historical frame. For the purposes of this essay, only three will be dealt with: representation of women in film, the problem with naming in feminist film criticism, and issues with authority and authenticity. The representation of women in film has been accurately summarized by Molly Haskell (1974) in…

In 2001, Michael Haneke directed a film called, The Piano Teacher. Haneke’s attitude, as conveyed to the spectator, is not to rail against pornography, per se, but to rail against its impact as generated by a capitalist patriarchy. This stems from a similar modality introduced by Linda Williams1 in which she “...moves beyond the impasse of the anti-porn/anti-censorship debate to analyze what hard-core film pornography is and does.” (Slade 656). Haneke’s method portrays a patriarchal approach…

physically, psychologically, or sexually, and it instills feelings of humiliation and helplessness which they will later seek to instill in their victims. They turn to drug and alcohol abuse in the teen years. Lastly, they will show an interest in voyeurism, sado-masochistic pornography, or fetishism at a young age (crime…

familiar elements to the genre to its surprising advantage. It’s a film within a film, playing not as entertainment, but rather as a sacrificial offering to ancient gods living below the surface of earth. The audience is different, but our sadistic voyeurism remains true. We wish to see these characters die gruesomely, as do the ancient gods threatening global destruction. The five teenagers in this film are watching a production play out. They are immersed completely; convinced psychologically…

Throughout his film career, Hitchcock also showed his dislike and fear of authorities, namely that of policemen. He employed various camera techniques that “mimics a person 's gaze, forcing viewers to engage in a form of voyeurism. In addition, he framed shots to maximize anxiety, fear, or empathy, and used innovative forms of film editing“ (Wikipedia). Hitchcock skillfully uses all of this in Psycho, and it is “ranked among the greatest films of all time, it set a new level of acceptability for…

“This is a racial incident... it represents one simple thing: black people want control of black communities” Rev. Albert Cleage, Detroit religious leader, declared (Cleage 1). In Detroit 1967, racial riots enclosed the entire city. Mobs looted and burned hundreds of stores. The riots spread sporadically. In The Algiers Motel Incident, Officer David Senak explains, “the people [carried] gasoline cans into stores and actually burning them” (Hersey 56). The city of Detroit imposed a curfew on the…

Bernard Howeth Mrs. Karle English 1A October 2, 2015 Bradbury and the search for Utopia in a modern society In Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, in the quest for a utopian society, people have decided to use self-censorship to escape the reality of everyday life and try to achieve harmony and happiness which leads to catastrophic results. In his novel, Bradbury shows how once technology is embraced by the public at large the results that are achieved can be detrimental to the future by the choices…