{"product_id":"chick-flicks-theories-and-memories-of-the-feminist-film-movement-9780822321217","title":"Chick Flicks: Theories and Memories of the Feminist Film Movement","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, \u003ci\u003eChick Flicks\u003c\/i\u003e--with its definitive, the-way-it-was collection of essays--captures the birth and growth of feminist film as no other book has done.\u003cp\u003eFor 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\u003ci\u003e Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOut\u003c\/i\u003e, and the\u003ci\u003e Advocate\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\" In the hope that a new generation of feminist film culture might be revitalized by reclaiming its own history, Rich introduces each essay with an autobiographical prologue that describes the intellectual, political, and personal moments from which the work arose. Travel, softball, sex, and voodoo all somehow fit into a book that includes classic Rich articles covering such topics as the antiporn movement, the films of Yvonne Rainer, a Julie Christie visit to Washington, and the historically evocative film \u003ci\u003eMaedchen in Uniform\u003c\/i\u003e. The result is a volume that traces the development not only of women's involvement in cinema but of one of its key players as well. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first book-length work from Rich--whose stature and influence in the world of film criticism and theory continue to grow--\u003ci\u003eChick Flicks\u003c\/i\u003e exposes unexplored routes and forgotten byways of a past that's recent enough to be remembered and far away enough to be memorable.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eB. Ruby Rich is Professor of Film and Digital Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She has written for scores of publications, from \u003ci\u003eSigns\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGLQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFilm Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCinema Journal\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e (UK). She has served as juror and curator for the Sundance and Toronto International Film Festivals and for major festivals in Germany, Mexico, Australia, and Cuba. The recipient of awards from Yale University, the Society for Cinema and Media Studies, and Frameline, Rich is the author of \u003ci\u003eNew Queer Cinema: The Director's Cut\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Duke University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50461343645970,"sku":"9780822321217","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b154d6f6-550b-4be1-93fb-b973c851145b.jpg?v=1730064708","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/chick-flicks-theories-and-memories-of-the-feminist-film-movement-9780822321217","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}