视觉回击——回顾“凝视的回返”作为后殖民理论给电影研究的礼物(下)

Visual Riposte: Reconsidering the Return of the Gaze as Postcolonial Theory's Gift to Film Studies

本文检视了"凝视的回返"现象在电影研究、电影实践——特别是位于后殖民和视觉研究之间的——论述的理论与历史背景,并以弗朗西斯·奥皮耶(Francis Aupiais)神父在贝南于1929—1930年拍摄的影片为个案,研究探讨了这一现象的局限与潜能。

This article examines the theoretical and historical background of the return-of-the-gaze phenomenon in film studies and in fi Im practice, especially within the articulation between postcolonial and visual studies, and discusses its limitations and potentialities through a case study of films made by Father Francis Aupiais in Benin in 1929-1930.