Chick flicks
Subtitle: theories and memories of the feminist film movement
By: B. Ruby Rich.
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 419
Subjects: Feminism and motion pictures; Feminist motion pictures; Women in motion pictures; Feminist film criticism
Description: If there was a moment during the sixties, seventies, or eighties that changed the history of the women's film movement, B. Ruby Rich was there. Part journalistic chronicle, part memoir, and 100% pure cultural historical odyssey, Chick Flicks-with its definitive, the-way-it-was collection of essays-captures the birth and growth of feminist film as no other book has done. For over three decades Rich has been one of the most important voices in feminist film criticism. Her presence at film festivals (such as Sundance, where she is a member of the selection committee), her film reviews in the Village Voice, Elle, Out, and the Advocate, and her commentaries on the public radio program "The World" have secured her a place as a central figure in the remarkable history of what she deems "cinefeminism."
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-408) and index.
A collection of the author's essays from the 1970s and 1980s.