The “Male Gaze” in Lesbian Sexual Relations - Based on Portrait of a Lady on Fire

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.220504.332How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Male gaze; feminism; lesbian sexuality; audiovisual; lens narrative; mythology

Abstract

Portrait of a Lady on Fire is the story of Marianne, a young and talented woman painter who paints portraits of a young lady Héloïse. As time goes by, their relationship changes emotionally. As one of the best feminist films, the “female gaze” and the core of feminism in the film are constantly analyzed and studied. However, this paper attempts to explore the “male gaze” in lesbian sexual relationships by analyzing the film’s audible language and related content. In the end, it was concluded that the “male gaze” does not only exist between the opposite sex, but in lesbian sexual relationships, the dominant party will still unconsciously stand in the position of “bystander”.

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© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Lincong Jing
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/06/01
TI  - The “Male Gaze” in Lesbian Sexual Relations - Based on Portrait of a Lady on Fire
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 8th International Conference on Humanities and Social Science Research (ICHSSR 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 1835
EP  - 1838
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220504.332
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220504.332
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