The Gaze

Today in class we discussed the concept of the visual gaze.  Now understanding what it is, I realize how important these rhetorical gazes are in writing. If you want your message in your writing to connect with the readers, you need to pull out a certain gaze that your audience has experienced.  A good example: right now in our country, tension is fairly high about the upcoming election. But when a picture of the flag or a bald eagle is present, we all connect through this gaze! This picture brings our country together and makes us stronger.    





In class we named a couple of different gazes which include, the consumer gaze, the traveling gaze, the religious gaze, and also the cultural gaze.  Im sure there are many more different kinds as well. I like Prof. Marchant's example of Romeo and Juliet. This was a good example of the cultural gaze. They have made different movies with different settings, but they all have the same plot of Romeo and Juliet. The producers hopes for these shows is that the viewers will be able to connect easier with movie this way.  It will be very helpful to take these gazes into mind as we prepare for our next writing assignment.