Reimagining the Cinematic Gaze: An Analysis of Iranian Mystical Cinema in Majid Majidi’s Baran
Journal of Contemporary Poetics December 24, 2024 Sarah Abdullah
For the last few decades gaze as a theoretical concept has been explored from philosophical, political, and psychological perspectives. However, its exploration in media studies has been the most extensive where it has been used to explore the viewers’ engagement with visual media. Theories of male gaze (Mulvey), female gaze (Lorraine Gamman, Margaret Marshment), objectifying gaze (Fredrickson...