University of California Irvine Oppositional Gaze by Bell Hooks Essay

Texts:

bell hooks, “Oppositional Gaze”

Astria Suparak, “Asian Futures Without Asians.” 

• Questions:
• What are the authors’ main arguments?

What is the spectator that the authors are discussing / imagining?

What common sense are the authors dialoguing with (or against)?

1. How do these texts complement Diawara and Dyer’s texts?
2. How would you connect the “oppositional gaze” to the films K’Bela (Yasmin Thayná, 2015) and Black Girl (Ousmane Sembène, 1966)?
3. Your comment on something that stood out to you, or that you’d like more explanation on.