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Zachodnie spojrzenie na fantazmatyczne widoki Casablanki
Western Gaze at the Phantasmatic Views of Casablanca

Author(s): Kamil Lipiński
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Psychology, Studies of Literature, Culture and social structure
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Phantasmatic scene; psychoanalytic theory; exoticism; westernization; orient

Summary/Abstract: The article aims to address the dynamically changing western gaze on the orientalscenery of Casablanca analysed from the perspective of psychoanalytical theory.Crucial to the analysis is the psychoanalytical interpretation of visual culture whosetime-space transformations coincide on the border of cultures. The interpretationis particularly focused on the interpersonal relationship between the characters andspace-time flashbacks by the symptomatic reading of elements of narrative derivedfrom textual analysis of storytelling. The psychoanalytical framework puts anemphasis on the interpretation of the places where the film’s events occurred interms of a phantasmatic scene.

  • Issue Year: 469/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 63-76
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish