Male gaze
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In feminist theory, the male gaze is the act of depicting women and the world in the visual arts and in literature from a masculine, heterosexual perspective that presents and represents women as sexu
In the essay "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" (1975), Laura Mulvey (pictured) introduced and described the mechanics of the male gaze.
Nude Girl on a Panther Skin (1844) by Félix Trutat shows a reclining nude woman being watched by a disproportionately large male face at the window of her bedroom; the painting "powerfully exemplifie[s]" the concept of the male gaze.
The male gaze: In the first version of Susanna and the Elders (1550–1560) Tintoretto shows Susanna directly looking at the spectator gazing at the painting of which she is the subject; aware of being looked at.
The male gaze: in the second version of Susanna and the Elders (1555–1556) Tintoretto shows Susannah gazing at herself in a mirror, and thus joins the two old men in their spectatorship of her person and her Self as an object.
Princess Leia
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Princess Leia Organa is a fictional character in the Star Wars franchise. Introduced in the original Star Wars film and its novelization, Leia is a princess of the planet Alderaan, a member of the Imp
Male gaze
…Sexual objectification Princess Leia's bikini Mulvey, Laura (October 1, 1975). "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema". Screen. 16 (3): 6–18. doi:10.1093/screen/16.3.6…
Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia
Princess Leia's white gown from the original Star Wars film
Carrie Fisher reprised the role of Leia in The Force Awakens (2015).
A fan dressed as Princess Leia at Star Wars Celebration 2015 in Anaheim, California