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oppositional gaze: a standalone construct

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Film studies

a critical, resistant way of looking by Black spectators, especially Black women, that refuses identification with dominant cinema.

In film studies, oppositional gaze refers to a critical, resistant way of looking by Black spectators, especially Black women, that refuses identification with dominant cinema. This meaning comes from hooks (1992) in Black looks: race and representation.[1]

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References

  1. hooks, b. (1992). Black looks: race and representation. South End. ISBN 9781317588481

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