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Staring - How We Look (Hardcover)
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Staring - How We Look (Hardcover)
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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, history and memoir,
Garland-Thomson defines staring, explores the factors that motivate
it, and considers the targets and the effects of the stare. A
bodily inventory then enumerates how stares actually operate in
daily life. A section on "Bodies" focuses on the question of size
and scale as key indicators of normalcy, while certain body parts
show themselves to be disproportionately arresting, as passages on
"Faces" "Hands" and "Breasts" reveal. A concluding chapter on
"Beholding" considers the frisson at play between starer and staree
and offers an alternative way of understanding visual communication
between people.
Featuring over forty illustrations, Staring captures the
stimulating combination of symbolic, material and emotional factors
that make staring so irresistible while endeavoring to shift the
usual response to staring, shame, into an engaged
self-consideration. Elegant and provocative, this book advances new
ways of thinking about visuality and the body that will appeal to
readers who are interested in the overlap between the humanities
and human behaviors.
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