Social:Queer gaze
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Queer gaze is a term used in film and media that describes an interpretive perspective in visual arts and criticism that centers on the perspectives of LGBTQ+ people.
Background
It builds on earlier concepts like the male gaze and female gaze.[1] Gaze theory analyzes the relationships between the observer and the observed.[2] Eliza McDonough argues this is disrupting the male gaze.[3] This gaze builds upon the earlier gazes by moving beyond and changing the view perspective, which increases media representation while including previously marginalized groups.[4]
Etymology
Usage of this term dates back to at least 2003 when it was used in the title of a thesis The Queer Gaze by Tim Wray.[5]
See also
- Male gaze
- Female gaze
- Queer theory
- Queerbaiting
- Queer coding
References
- ↑ Moss, Molly (April 3, 2019). "Thoughts on a Queer Gaze". 3:am Magazine. https://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/thoughts-on-a-queer-gaze/. Retrieved January 6, 2026.
- ↑ Watts, Linda S.. "Gaze Theory". The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society. doi:10.4135/9781483375519.n263. https://sk.sagepub.com/ency/edvol/the-sage-encyclopedia-of-mass-media-and-society/chpt/gaze-theory. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ↑ McDonough, Eliza (2020). "Radical Queer Gazes : How lesbian and nonbinary contemporary photographers are destabilizing the male gaze". Sotheby's Institute of Art. https://digitalcommons.sia.edu/stu_theses/72/.
- ↑ "A Gaze into Gender". Shorthand Stories. https://gend205.shorthandstories.com/a-gaze-into-gender/.
- ↑ Wray, Tim (2003). "The Queer Gaze". University of Weimar. https://www.db-thueringen.de/servlets/MCRFileNodeServlet/dbt_derivate_00042765/wray_pdfa.pdf.
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