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Staring : how we look / Rosemarie Garland-Thomson

Garland-Thomson, Rosemarie,i1946- [Verfasser]

Oxford [u.a.] : Oxford University Press, 2009

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (x, 244 pages) : Illustrations

Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-232) and index

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.

978-0-19-971676-0 ; 0-19-971676-5 ; 1-282-05366-3 ; 978-1-282-05366-3 ; 978-0-19-532679-6

CP 2500 EC 2410

 

Kulturwissenschaften  Literatur  Aussehen, Motiv 

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.