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bell hooks’ ”The Oppositional Gaze: Black Female Spectatorship”

Theory & Philosophy

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The Black Community and the Power of Looking

Staring became an act of resistance, to some extent. It disrupted power even if it meant that it exerted power in a form of punishment. hooks takes this idea specifically a she credits fucot for this. And fuco's idea that power always leaves room for resistance. If you want to help me out, you can do all the things already mentioned like subscribe or paypal.

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