Police and Van Zoonen

Van Zoonen argues that gender is constructed and that its meaning varies dependent on cultural and historical context.

She suggests that masculinity as well as femininity is constructed – and that the codes used to construct men ‘as a spectacle’ are different

Is this applicable to “The Jinx” ? Think particularly about the police officers and the fact that Durst is represented as deviant

Males constructed through movement (active)
Silence and impassivity
Strength, muscularity and aggression
Competition – males as gladiators or combatants – ‘the spectacle’ Constructed more through the intradiegetic gaze – the way they are looked at by other characters (e.g. with respect/fear)
Allows narcissistic identification without erotic gaze

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