This thesis explores what I call 'physical spectatorship' as it is generated by a group of films concerned with the mutilation of the human body. Focusing on the representation of mutilation on the screen and the physical responses this evokes, the thesis is organised around the study of a series of dynamic engagements that reconfigure the film-viewer relationship; these include: corporeal mimicry and the cinematic visualisations of mutilation; generalised anxiety and experimental use of sound; and the nausea generated by audio-visual techniques that both signify and locate the filmic gut in the viewer's body. Combining close textual analyses with theoretical approaches, this thesis draws upon psychoanalytic, phenomenological and feminist theories of film and spectatorship. Throughout the chapters, my argument builds upon the work of Vivian Sobchack and Laura Marks in order to interrogate further what might be meant by the notion of the embodied spectator. The chapters explore this notion, alongside that of the film viewer, to generate a dialogue with previous theorists of the cinematic spectator, including Christian Metz and Richard Rushton. Exploring through close textual analyses the specific filmic techniques that generate intense physical responses, this thesis argues that the mutilation film demands a rethinking of some of the key categories in theories of spectatorship. Extending across national cinemas and reaching beyond conventional generic distinctions, the mutilation film produces a visceral aesthetic that has yet to be analysed. Focusing on particular aspects of the mutilation film, such as the assault narrative sequence, use of extreme frequencies and haptic sounds and images, the thesis offers detailed readings of the following texts: Dans Ma Peau (Marina de Van, 2002), Irréversible (Gaspar Noé, 2002), Saw II (Darren Lynn Bousman, 2005) Saw III (Darren Lynn Bousman, 2006) Saw IV (Darren Lynn Bousman, 2007) Saw V (David Hackl, 2008) Saw VI (Kevin Greutert, 2009) Saw 3D (Kevin Greutert, 2010), Hostel (Eli Roth, 2005), À l'intérieur (Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury, 2007), The Human Centipede: First Sequence (Tom Six, 2009) and The Human Centipede: Full Sequence (Tom Six, 2011).The analyses that form this thesis demonstrate the problems with separating notions of the 'spectator as textual construction' from that of the 'viewer as physically embodied'; yet these readings also indicate the necessity of continuing the task of conceptualising their interrelatedness, rather than simply using them interchangeably. The conclusion argues that the concept of physical spectatorship offers one way to understand how particular contemporary aesthetics have reconfigured the boundary between viewer and film.

O objetivo da tese é estudar, em um primeiro momento, as transformações do triângulo amoroso nos romances de Marguerite Duras que retratam uma crise conjugal: Le Marin de Gibraltar (1952), Les Petits chevaux de Tarquinia (1953), Moderato Cantabile (1958), Dix Heures et demie du soir en été (1960) e Le Ravissement de Lol V. Stein (1964). Esses romances colocam em cena um casal cuja separação é provocada pela chegada de um desconhecido. Essa terceira pessoa forma então um novo par com um dos membros do casal anterior. Em algumas dessas obras, aquele que ficou só se torna a terceira pessoa e passa a olhar o casal recém constituído. A originalidade do triângulo amoroso em Marguerite Duras está no fato de que esta terceira pessoa, contemplando o nascimento de um novo amor, não sofre com a perda do parceiro, nem sente ciúme; ao contrário, sente prazer em ver, ao invés de amar. Assistir a esse encontro lhe proporciona um arrebatamento. Em um segundo momento, veremos que essa estrutura triangular remete aos romances familiares nos quais se encontra o triângulo amoroso original: La Vie tranquille (1944), Un Barrage contre le Pacifique (1950), LAmant (1984), La Pluie dété (1990) e LAmant de la Chine du Nord (1991). Nessas obras, o casal é formado por dois irmãos e a terceira pessoa, pelo amante. Como o coito fraterno é ilícito, a terceira pessoa pode ser um substituto possível do irmão. Outro recurso encontrado é o voyeurismo. Unir-se ao irmão não é lícito, porém a possibilidade de ver o irmão ou a irmã juntar-se a uma terceira pessoa permite ao voyeur viver o amor proibido. Assim, esta tese pretende demonstrar como a cena primitiva, que retrata o amor incestuoso nos romances familiares, reaparece disfarçada em triângulos amorosos nos romances que representam a crise conjugal. / The objective of this thesis is to study, firstly, the transformations of the loving triangle in relationship in Marguerite Duras novels that portrays the marital crisis: Le Marin de Gibraltar (1952), Les Petits chevaux de Tarquinia (1953), Moderato Cantabile (1958), Dix Heures et demie du soir en été (1960) Le Ravissement de Lol V. Stein (1964). These novels show a couple whose separation is caused by the arrival of a stranger. This third person then starts a new couple with one of the members of the first couple. In some of the pieces, the one who is left aside becomes a third person and starts to look the new couple. The originality of the loving triangle, in Marguerite Duras, is in the fact that this third person, by contemplating the birth of a new love, does not suffer with the loss of the partner, or feels jealousy, by the contrary, feels pleasure watching instead of loving. The view of this union makes him feel rapture. In a second moment, we will see that this triangle structure refers to the family novels where the original loving triangle is found: La Vie tranquille (1944), Un Barrage contre le Pacifique (1950), LAmant (1984), La Pluie dété (1990), LAmant de la Chine du Nord (1991). In these pieces the couple consists in brother and sister and the third person is the lover. As fraternal coitus is prohibited, the third person may be a possible substitute for the brother. Another resource found is voyeurism. Fraternal union is not licit; however the possibility of watching the brother or sister with a third person allows the voyeur to live the prohibited love. Therefore, this thesis intends to demonstrate how the primitive scene, that portraits the incestuous love in familiar novels, reappears disguised in loving triangles in the novels that represent marital crisis.

Den biologiska skr􏰍äcken eller kallad p􏰎å engelska 􏰏body horror􏰐 􏰍är en subgenre av skräck som visar människokroppen i syfte till att kränka, kroppsligt eller psykologiskt för att framhäva en obehaglig och skrämmande känsla hos åskådaren. Teman som avvikande kön, mutationer, zombiefiering eller onaturliga rörelser av kroppen är vanliga inom denna genre. Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka den kvinnliga kroppen i de tre samtida psykologiska skräckfilmerna Black Swan (Darren Aronofsky, 2010), Suspiria (Luca Guadagnino, 2018) och Horse Girl (Jeff Baena, 2020) med fokus på den kvinnliga kroppen och dess effekt hos åskådaren. Anledning till att just dessa tre filmer används i min undersökning beror på att de alla använder den kvinnliga kroppen som ett verktyg för att framkalla den biologiska skräcken som sedan skrämmer åskådaren. I stället för att välja tre liknande filmer har jag försökt välja filmer som använder sig av samma genre men på olika sätt. Varför är vi fascinerade av grafiska bilder av det kroppsliga? Hur används den kvinnliga kroppen i koppling till något äckligt och obehagligt för att skapa känslor hos åskådaren? Genom att applicera olika psykoanalytiska och feministiska teorier på de tre filmerna, kommer uppsatsen undersöka hur den kvinnliga kroppen används i koppling till något skrämmande samt diskutera den kroppsliga reaktionen åskådaren får och varför vi använder oss av detta när vi skapar en film inom genren skräck. Jag kommer ta hjälp av begrepp som fetischism, voyeurism, den nyfikna blicken och abjektion.

This thesis expands the discussion of the mass appeal and sustained success of reality TV by initiating an examination of the direct connections between reality TV and cinematic and written fiction. As reality TV has firmly established itself as a successful genre of entertainment over the last two decades, scholarship has been slow to follow. The majority of existing scholarship focuses on reality TV as a descendant of the documentary and emphasizes the role of the non-professional, the average person, as the star. Reality TV's appropriation of structural elements from general fiction is acknowledged only briefly and the use of specific techniques borrowed from fiction is largely unexplored. Although reality TV is a variation of the documentary, this thesis explores reality TV's creation of its voyeuristic appeal through the appropriation of key elements that come directly from fiction. Specific techniques used to create a voyeuristic appeal in reality programs, such as the morally ambiguous character and the confession, can be traced, respectively, to the surprising sources of Alfred Hitchcock and Edgar Allan Poe. Reality TV, in appropriating these techniques from Hitchcock and Poe, has a similar formula for entertainment: the thrill of voyeurism as a sublime experience. The consistent appeal of reality TV cannot be fully understood without an awareness of its connections to these two great artists.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-29T13:32:15Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Marcio Roberto Santim da Silva.pdf: 810935 bytes, checksum: 532625347e9cfd7af82fcdf16a530261 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-09-25 / The body cult, characterized by the overvaluation of the physical beauty, has been a common behavior in the western society. The increasing number of plastic operations and health clubs are some of the facts that testify some of the worries of individuals concerning the acquisition of some esthetical patterns. The cultural industry has encouraged individuals to identify themselves with esthetically standardized beauty models exposed by itself. Such fact, associated with the weakening of the individual in the contemporaneous society, has contributed to the formation of homogeneous esthetical concepts. The voyeur and exhibitionist impulses have to be mobilized in the individuals so that the beauty patterns, presented by the object, constitute the esthetical experiences. The exacerbation or the weakening of these impulses may contribute to the formation of various related problems, respectively, the obsession with doing physical activities and a sedentary behavior. Three Likert scales -- voyeurism(V), exhibitionism (E), and esthetical patterns (EP )-- were developed in order to verify the possible differences in the expression of these phenomena in three different groups related to practicing sports: group 1 (sedentary people); group 2 (people who practice weightlifting) and group 3 ( people who practice other physical activities).The study hypotheses were that group 2 would present scores superior to the other groups on the three scales in which they would be co-related. The data analysis, based on the results obtained by the application of scales, showed the existence of meaningful co-relations among voyeurism, exhibitionism and the compliance with esthetical patterns. The co-relation coefficients &#961; of Spearman had a p < 0,01 level and were the following: &#961; = 0,46 ( V and E scales ); &#961; = 0,52 ( scales V and EP ); &#961; = 0,49 ( scales E and EP). Group 2 score was higher than the other groups only on scale EP having an associated probability level of p < 0,01. These results show that group 2 has a higher compliance with the esthetical patterns. The basic theoretical references of this study were the Critical Theory of the Society, specifically the authors who belong to the first generation of Frankfurt school and the Freudian Psychoanalysis / O culto ao corpo, caracterizado pela valorização exacerbada da beleza física, tem sido um comportamento comum na sociedade ocidental. O crescimento do número de cirurgias plásticas e academias de musculação são fatores que evidenciam algumas preocupações dos indivíduos em relação à aquisição de determinados padrões estéticos. A indústria cultural tem estimulado os indivíduos a se identificarem com modelos, por ela expostos, padronizados esteticamente. Tal fato, associado ao enfraquecimento do indivíduo na sociedade contemporânea, contribui para a formação de conceitos estéticos homogêneos. Para que os padrões de beleza, apresentados pelo objeto, constituam-se como experiência estética, as pulsões voyeur e exibicionista precisam ser mobilizadas nos indivíduos. A exacerbação ou o enfraquecimento dessas pulsões podem contribuir para o aparecimento de vários problemas decorrentes, respectivamente, da obsessão por práticas esportivas e do sedentarismo. Foram desenvolvidas três escalas do tipo Likert voyeurismo (V), exibicionismo (E) e padrões estéticos (P) com o objetivo de verificar possíveis diferenças na expressão desses fenômenos em três grupos distintos quanto à prática esportiva: grupo 1 (sedentários); grupo 2 (praticantes de musculação) e grupo 3 (praticantes de outras atividades físicas). Também procurou-se analisar a correlação entre as três escalas. As hipóteses da pesquisa foram de que o grupo 2 apresentaria escores superior aos demais grupos nas três escalas e que elas estariam correlacionadas. A análise dos dados, com base nos resultados obtidos mediante a aplicação das escalas, apontou a existência de correlações significativas entre voyeurismo, exibicionismo e adesão aos padrões estéticos. Os coeficientes de correlação &#961; de Spearman tiveram um nível de significância de p < 0,01 e foram os seguintes: &#961; = 0,46 (escalas V e E); &#961; = 0,52 (escalas V e P); &#961; = 0,49 (escalas E e P). Apenas na escala P, o escore do grupo 2 foi maior que os demais grupos, com um nível de probabilidade associado de p < 0,01. Esses resultados mostraram que o grupo 2 adere mais aos padrões estéticos. Os referenciais teóricos básicos desta pesquisa foram a Teoria Crítica da sociedade, especificamente os autores pertencentes à primeira geração da escola de Frankfurt, e a Psicanálise freudiana

<p>This thesis discusses the representation of bodies in todays non-fiction television in Sweden. I have chosen to focus on deviant bodies (sexual, deformed or unhealthy) on display in reality-shows and documentaries on SVT, TV4 but especially on the commercial channels TV3 and Kanal5. Also discussed are the viewers emotional and bodily reactions. Altough these shows are different from one another in many respects, I argue that there is also a common thread between them. From a sociological and cultural perspective, and with help of some historical examples, I try to illustrate how we view these shows and what their function is. I conclude that the body is a site of powerstruggle and that these shows have many different levels of meaning. We cathegorize and value these deviant bodies but also our own. It is about making creating a ”us and them” and in the long run it has to do with making class and identity. The voyeuristic pleasure in watching these people displayed on TV is made possible from the safe distance of our livingroom.</p>

This thesis discusses the representation of bodies in todays non-fiction television in Sweden. I have chosen to focus on deviant bodies (sexual, deformed or unhealthy) on display in reality-shows and documentaries on SVT, TV4 but especially on the commercial channels TV3 and Kanal5. Also discussed are the viewers emotional and bodily reactions. Altough these shows are different from one another in many respects, I argue that there is also a common thread between them. From a sociological and cultural perspective, and with help of some historical examples, I try to illustrate how we view these shows and what their function is. I conclude that the body is a site of powerstruggle and that these shows have many different levels of meaning. We cathegorize and value these deviant bodies but also our own. It is about making creating a ”us and them” and in the long run it has to do with making class and identity. The voyeuristic pleasure in watching these people displayed on TV is made possible from the safe distance of our livingroom.

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur bloggens innehåll reflekterar bloggarens syn på vad som är privat och vad som är offentligt. Detta har skett genom att först urskilja följande ämnen i bloggarna: vänner, jobb, sömn, mat, hälsa, nöje, familj, sex och pengar, och sedan undersöka vilka av dessa ämnen som respektive bloggare använder sig av och vilka som utelämnas från bloggen. De ämnen som används av bloggarens blir då offentliga, medan de som utelämnas förblir privata. Funktionerna av självutlämning – självförtydligande, social bekräftelse, social kontroll och relationell utveckling - har analyserats och slutligen har skillnaderna mellan de manliga och kvinnliga bloggarna undersökts.   Den teoretiska ramen består av kategorierna; privat och offentligt, medierad voyeurism, empowering exhibitionism samt ett renodlat likhetsperspektiv inom genusdiskurs. Medierad voyeurism som är konsumtionen av avslöjande bilder och information om andras verkliga liv, leder ofta till empowering exhibitionism vilket sker då individen tar kontroll över framställningen av sig själv och går emot den skam som är kopplad till konceptet privat. Det empiriska materialet för undersökningen består av sju dagars utdrag av Cimon Lundberg, Isabella Löwengrip, Johanna And och Simon Leisjö’s bloggtexter från sista veckan i augusti 2012. Kvalitativa samtalsintervjuer med And och Leisjö har fungerat som ett komplement till textanalysen av bloggarna. Genom en kvalitativ metod har ett narratologiskt perspektiv tillämpats i analysen för att besvara följande frågeställningar: 1. Hur reflekterar bloggarnas innehåll gränsen mellan den privata och den offentliga sfären? Vilka ämnen tas upp och vilka utelämnas? 2. Skiljer sig förhållandet till det privata/offentliga mellan kvinnliga och manliga bloggare? 3. Vad kan de olika graderna av självutlämning säga om bloggens betydelse för individen? Vilken funktion fyller olika texttyper hos dessa bloggare? Undersökningen har visat att även om flera ämnen som tidigare var privata offentliggörs i bloggarna, så dras gränsen för det privata än idag vid ämnet; sex. Familj och vänner har flyttats till den främre regionen samtidigt som gränsdragningen för ämnena jobb och ekonomi skiftar hos de olika bloggarna. Skillnaderna mellan de kvinnliga och de manliga bloggarna har varit obefintliga eller minimala, vilket kan hänvisas till att bloggarna formas inom samma sociokulturella sammanhang. I samtliga bloggar sker självutlämning i olika grader och högre grad av självutlämning har visat sig fungera som empowering exhibitionism. Större självutlämning kan kopplas till att ämnet blir mer privat.

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Initially, my developing body of work aimed to redesign the traditions of representational painting, specifically the female nude, to depict the contemporary notions of lesbianism and femininity in an honest and empowering manner as a form of identity and not as vehicle for voyeurism. As an artist who paints the female nude and identifies as a woman and a lesbian, I examine the preexisting notions of the male gaze and the effect of socialization as it pertains to my work. The act of looking from the point of view of a woman, which is not synonymous with a "female gaze", or from the point of view of a lesbian, is not a birthright, but a conscious effort to constantly question the way we see and produce pictures and realizing that the male gaze permeates most images of female nudes. By the nature of my sexuality and my exposure to existing male-produced images, do I see the female nude through the male gaze or is there a gaze that is essentially female? Does it matter either way if the image is aesthetically compelling? My paintings neither attempt to conform to the male gaze or debunk it, nor do I attempt to prove the existence of a female gaze. Like Edgar Degas, I wish to look through a keyhole-a form of voyeurism-to see people outside of their public facade.