FILM AND THE MASQUERADE:
THEORISING THE
FEMALE SPECTATOR
MARY ANN DOANE ON THE
WOMAN'S GAZE
1. Heads in Mleroglyphic Bonnets
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female sector athe st fn cil beeen a ete postion
nd a mseine poston snehng the meapbor af the rane.
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rodney lsnesy a presence oslo ec,
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over crnars ono te mnt ioe ial as fe carne
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fom the wpecare, er gaze nese by the wo poe efi he
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tobe viansre, peta, he mir the eae gue ie
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the Spector: Te fbn eprctan ete mie ele ay,
fain ew ise mascatniaton the speatealptan Toe
roma ok ely ouside the gle which ac compiy
‘ereenteman theme, andthe por.The inne eee
the poopy, dept « degetecenrng fh female mabe te
ae, stken over bythe pcre js: Ande dau re
tering te pining tase female gre ape
tur altooph i et car wheter eso a efi or
or ping through «door or witdow). Wale th da singe
Played ot the sre othe ptopph dep mace atl bY
‘everal young bos out aru sn fot of tel sop The ppetion
enone: ow the photograph makes purine the opin af
epost meting oe the marge. The male ie cee in cantol =
soup ieee fe he pipe,
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fxpense oft woman. node fr adit ake emerge in a apestiy
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“ovha gral alae wane ols now eee,
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fae Thee a voceaP ofthe plongaphc dioue weve
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Cinematic inseiption os sexta ier in odes foo. 1
proce of aming the ale ge ep ene nate
fhe decried stove, fom Le Hero Here 0 Dark Pier. Ft
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peat the masch a oeisesiiston se clin cad
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forsale manure dat fom te mage fetes |
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