ABSTRACT
In this chapter, Michael Shapiro articulates both the Lacanian and Foucauldian accounts of the gaze with an analysis of representations of drone warfare in recent television and film. Such analyses bring to light contemporary security practices, most notably those reflected in the ‘manhunts’ that characterize the current mobile topography of US warfare. To articulate the disruption of the gaze, Shapiro explores the first episode in Season 4 of the Showtime television series Homeland, ‘The Drone Queen’, and Robert Greenwald’s documentary ‘Unmanned, America’s Drone War’. These allow for discussion on both the drone dispositive and the return of its gaze.
