Looking for the other
Subtitle: feminism, film, and the imperial gaze
By: E. Ann Kaplan.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
Subjects: Women in motion pictures; Minority women in motion pictures; Women, White -- Attitudes; Men -- Attitudes; Racism in motion pictures; Feminist theory
Description: In her new book, E. Ann Kaplan explores the racialized gaze: What exactly happens when whites look at non-whites? What happens when the look is returned - when "others" startle whites into knowledge of their whiteness? Looking for the Other employs Hollywood films about colonial or exotic travel, and those by women filmmakers of color, to address such questions.

A secondary, linked theme of her book is the concept of "nation", with special focus on women's ethnic and transnational identities as imaged on film.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-322) and index.