Film theory often applies Laura Mulvey's concept of the "male gaze" to German cinema to analyze how women are positioned as objects for a voyeuristic audience.
Scholars often use "voyeurism" to describe the problematic fascination with atrocities of the Second World War. These essays question whether consuming graphic historical imagery is an act of empathy or a "grisly pornography" of suffering. german voyeur
: Published via Cambridge University Press , this work discusses whether the public’s curiosity about the private lives of Nazi perpetrators constitutes a form of historical voyeurism. 2. The "Male Gaze" in German & Holocaust Cinema Film theory often applies Laura Mulvey's concept of