Multiple Gazes and"Vulnerable"Situations:a Case of Video Narratives of Autism in China
Increasing parents of autistic children are producing video narratives about their autistic children's lives and publishing them on video platforms.Parents with autistic child use this practice to engage in a dialogue with society.Narrative analysis reveals multiple gazes:on the one hand,it points to the multiplicity of gaze subject-object relations,with the autistic child receiving gazes from their parents,psychiatrists,and able-bodied individuals;on the other hand,it points to the multiplicity of gaze meanings,with the parents administering the subjective gaze and constructing imaginary gaze.By actively subjecting the autistic children to multiple gazes of power,the parents exacerbate the autistic children's"vulnerability".Further,the relation's structure behind the multiple gazes is not an absolute binary power relationship,but a triadic one,society-parents-the autistic child,where the subjective gaze that the parents impose on the autistic child constitutes a power dynamic where the parents'subjective gaze serves as a form of protection for the child.
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