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Staring : how we look / Rosemarie Garland-Thomson

Garland-Thomson, Rosemarie, 1946-

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2010

Online Ressource (x, 244 p.)

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-232) and index. - Description based on print version record

Druckausg.: Staring / Garland-Thomson, Rosemarie

978-0-19-971676-0 (electronic bk.); 0-19-971676-5 (electronic bk.)

1-282-05366-3 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-1-282-05366-3 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 9786612053665 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 6612053666 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-19-532679-6 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-19-532679-2 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-19-532680-2 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-19-532680-6 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 978-0-19-532679-6 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-19-532679-2 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 320779386 (aus SWB)     

Online-Ausg.

[S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library

Elektronische Ressource: Zugang über Aggregator-Datenbank (Lizenzangabe: Lizenzpflichtig)

CP 2500      Ähnliche Literatur

B846

302.54 ; 302.5/4

Basisklassifikation: 15.07 (Kulturgeschichte)

bisacsh: PSY031000 ; bicssc: JMH ; bisacsh: PSY 031000

*Kulturwissenschaften ; Literatur ; Aussehen <Motiv>      Zum Register

LOC-SH: Gaze

MeSH: Attitude ; Perception

Electronic books ; Gaze ; Kulturwissenschaften ; Literatur ; Aussehen ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Social Psychology

From a very young age we are told not to stare, and one hallmark of maturation is the ability to resist (or at least hide) our staring behavior. And yet, rarely do we master the impulse. Despite the complicated role it plays in our development, and its unique brand of visual enticement, staring has not been considered before as a suitable object for socio-cultural analysis. What is it about certain kinds of people that makes it impossible to take our eyes off them? Why are some visual stimuli irresistible? Why does staring produce so much anxiety? Drawing on examples from art, media, fashion