The "Oppositional Gaze" is a theoretical framework in feminist film criticism that identifies the resistant act of looking adopted by marginalized spectators, particularly Black women, to challenge dominant cinematic representations and reclaim subjectivity against the controlling images and gazes historically imposed by white patriarchal visual culture.
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Black looks: race and representation
Choice Reviews Online · 1992 · 4.7K citations
the oppositional gaze black female spectators
bell hooks · 2014 · 205 citations
Social Movements and Oppositional Consciousness
Aldon Morris, Naomi Braine · 2001 · 91 citations
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Jönköping University
Jönköping, Sweden
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2 publications
36 citations
American Bar Foundation
Chicago, United States
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1 publications
17 citations
University of Washington Tacoma
Tacoma, United States
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54 citations
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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University of the Free State
Bloemfontein, South Africa
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University of Dundee
Dundee, United Kingdom
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177 citations
Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University
Balashikha, Russia
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University of California, Irvine
Irvine, United States
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- MELUS Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States
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- Choice Reviews Online
CRO · 2 publications · 4.7K citations
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- Consumption Markets & Culture
1 publications · 59 citations
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