Spectatorship

LOVB says that it chose Atlanta and Houston based on numerous criteria, including current volleyball spectatorship, level of fandom in the market, travel conditions, arena availability, and more.

Miriam Hanson, in "Pleasure, Ambivalence, Identification: Valentino and Female Spectatorship" (1984) put forth the idea that women are also able to view male characters as erotic objects of desire.

There has also been a historical revisiting of early cinema screenings, practices and spectatorship modes by writers Tom Gunning, Miriam Hansen and Yuri Tsivian.