The Cinematic Apparatus as a Diffraction Apparatus
The Cinematic Apparatus as a Diffraction Apparatus

Summary/Abstract: This article discusses the need for a new methodology to explore feminine visions in cinema, as they have been poorly inscribed in the critical citation system. It proposes the conceptualization of the camera as a diffraction camera, shifting the focus from mirroring and likeness to observing "patterns of difference" and "effects of difference." The article argues that the ideological effects of the cinematic apparatus are determined by the dominant ideology and that the concealment of technical methods brings an ideological effect. The article also highlights the need to understand films made by women as not belonging to a normative cinematic system but rather to a feminine subjectivity that reinterprets cinematic means.

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