Barnes Foundation's video: Caetlin Benson-Allott What Is the Female Gaze

It has been almost 50 years since film critic Laura Mulvey identified and denounced the male gaze in classical Hollywood cinema. In this talk, scholar Caetlin Benson-Allott explores the concept of the female gaze—does it exist, and if so, how can it represent the world differently? Is the female gaze really as progressive as it sounds, or does it marginalize the experiences of women of color, not to mention queer and trans women? Benson-Allott will discuss the history of the male gaze, how its recognition led to the search for a female gaze, and how contemporary filmmakers, critics, and scholars are redefining the female gaze in the 21st century. Speaker Caetlin Benson-Allott is professor of English and film and media studies at Georgetown University and author of The Stuff of Spectatorship: Material Cultures of Film & Television; Remote Control; and Killer Tapes & Shattered Screens: Video Spectatorship from VHS to File Sharing. She also writes a column for Film Quarterly and edits the Journal of Cinema and Media Studies. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Learn more on our website + follow us on social media at the links below! - Website: https://www.barnesfoundation.org - Facebook: https://bit.ly/2TFa7jN - Instagram: https://bit.ly/3x8108V - Twitter: https://bit.ly/3BNsRPe - LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3eZcMfu - TikTok: https://bit.ly/3y4MLmu - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Take a class! Art education is at the core of our mission at the Barnes Foundation. New online and on-site classes enrolling monthly. Learn more and register: https://bit.ly/3zIVfAc - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - About The Barnes Foundation: The mission of the Barnes is to promote the advancement of education and the appreciation of the fine arts and horticulture. Our founder, Dr. Albert C. Barnes, believed that art had the power to improve minds and transform lives. Our diverse educational programs are based on his teachings and one-of-a-kind collections. Philadelphia art collector, Albert C. Barnes (1872–1951), chartered the Barnes Foundation in 1922 to teach people from all walks of life how to look at art. Over three decades, he collected some of the world’s most important impressionist, post-impressionist, and modern paintings, including works by Renoir, Cézanne, Matisse, and Picasso. He displayed them alongside African masks, native American jewelry, Greek antiquities, and decorative metalwork.