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1 online resource (x, 244 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-232) and index. |
| Contents |
Why do we stare? -- A physical response -- A cultural history -- A social relationship -- Knowledge gathering -- Regulating our looks -- Looking away, staring back -- Faces -- Hands -- Breasts -- Bodies -- Beholding. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Gaze.
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Gaze. |
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Attitude. |
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Perception. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Thomson, Rosemarie Garland. Staring. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009 9780195326796 0195326792 (DLC) 2008034410 (OCoLC)244339569 |
| ISBN |
9780199716760 (electronic book) |
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0199716765 (electronic book) |
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1282053663 |
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9781282053663 |
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9780195326796 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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0195326792 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780195326802 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0195326806 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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