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Staring - How We Look (Paperback)
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Staring - How We Look (Paperback)
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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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