Gazing' the Streets and the Strip Clubs Representing Women in the Sexual Economy

Leigh Fox

Date of Award

2003

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Humanities

First Advisor

Wallace, Miriam

Keywords

Male Gaze, Sex Work, Female Objectification

Area of Concentration

Visual Arts

Abstract

Gazing' the Streets and the Strip Clubs is a Visual Art/Gender Studies T'hesis that can be separated into two parts. It consisted of an art exhibition that included a short film screening, movie posters, and private viewing booths. The exhibition explored sex work, through the medium of film and video, in order to address how the female body is used in the interests of male pleasure. Multiple approaches were used to show how objectification is created and to disrupt scopophilic pleasure throughout the exhibit. This section is available to view 'in the format of a DVD that includes the film segments, slides of the movie posters, and a short film documenting the exhibit. The second part of my thesis is an analytical essay that explores the feminist concerns raised by the instillation. It examines different ways that all women participate in a dominant economy of male desire. It also includes a brief introduction of how my project fits into the history of Feminist Art by referencing other artists who have dealt with the problems of the male gaze and the objectification of the female body.

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