Chick Flicks: Theories and Memories of the Feminist Film Movement
- ISBN-10
- 0822321211
- ISBN-13
- 9780822321217
- Series
- Chick Flicks
- Category
- Feminism and motion pictures
- Pages
- 419
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Author
- B. Ruby Rich
Description
Essays and autobiography from one of the pioneers of feminist film theory.
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