The Practice and Politics of “Freeing the Look”
Jonathan Demme's The Silence of the Lambs
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11660471 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Schopp (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 125-151 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Camera Obscura Feminism Culture and Media Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0270-5346 • E-ISSN: 1529-1510 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1215/02705346-18-2_53-125 |
| OpenAlex | W2082993573 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 11 |
Andrew Schopp is associate professor of English at the University of Tennessee at Martin, where he teaches twentieth-century literature, film, and cultural studies. This essay grew out of his book project on fear and narrative. His current research examines death and beauty in twentieth-century art, literature, and film
Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Beauty · Cultural politics · Literature · Media studies · Narrative · Performance art · Political science · Politics · Silence · Sociology · Cinema and Media Studies · Gothic Literature and Media Analysis · History · Law · Shakespeare, Adaptation, and Literary Criticism
Re-vision
Skin Shows
Men, Women, and Chain Saws
From looking to coveting
The Silence of the Lambs and the Flaying of Feminist Theory
The Transvestite as MonsterGender Horror in The Silence of the Lambs and Psycho
The Demon Therapist and Other Dangers
Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema
Film and the Masquerade
Madness and Civilization
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |