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Article: Chick Flicks: Theories and Memories of the Feminist Film Movement.(Review)
- Article from:
- The Women's Review of Books
- Article date:
- January 1, 1999
- Author:
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By B. Ruby Rich. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1998, 448 pp., $59.95 hardcover, $18.95 paper.
Writing about women as spectators of Hollywood cinema, B. Ruby Rich once protested that the choices have been "to identify either with Marilyn Monroe or with the man behind me hitting the back of my seat with his knees." I love that description not just for its immediacy and visceral thump, but because it originally appeared in New German Critique, a formidable academic journal. Since Rich is neither a PhD nor a full-time academic, her appearance in this journal and her respectability in film scholarship are reasons for optimism about the inclusion of multiple ...
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Article: Sphere of action.(feminist film movement)
Afterimage;
May 1, 1999 ;
700+ words
...B. Ruby Rich's Chick Flicks: Theories and Memories ... individual pursuit for tenure and publication. Rich reminds us that feminist film is "a discipline ... screen-writing areas into industry clones, Rich's refocus on alternative media institutions ...
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