ISBN:
0195326792
,
0195326806
,
9780195326796
,
9780195326802
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (x, 244 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Staring : How We Look
DDC:
153.69
Keywords:
Visual perception
;
Gaze
;
Attitude
;
Perception
;
Gaze
;
Visual perception
;
Electronic books
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Why do we stare?A physical response -- A cultural history -- A social relationship -- Knowledge gathering -- Regulating our looks -- Looking away, staring back -- Faces -- Hands -- Breasts -- Bodies -- Beholding.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-232) and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=430868
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