Category: deconstruction
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The Only Thing Worse than Being Talked About
One of the more intriguing facets of Gossip Girl’s narrative structure is its reinforcement of the idea of the panopticon. The panopticon, originally conceived by architect Jeremy Betham, is a circular prison structure in which prisoners can be watched without them seeing the person watching them. Michel Foucault famously deconstructed the philosophy behind the panopticon…
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