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Through the (Feminist) Looking-glass

March 8, 2013 By retromoviebuff 1 Comment

Greta Garbo in 'Inspiration'

And now for something completely different: a review of one of my favourite film books. Enjoy! “A woman’s intelligence was the equivalent of a man’s penis: something to be kept out of sight.” So writes Molly Haskell in From Reverence to Rape: The Treatment of Women in the Movies: a fusillade of feminist film criticism that’s […]

Filed Under: Books, Film Appreciation, Reviews Tagged With: Book Review, Classic Hollywood, Feminism, Feminist Criticism, feminist film criticism, Greta Garbo, Molly Haskell, Woman's Pictures

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