Patricia has worked with leading academic journals in the fields of feminism, film and queer theory.
Camera Obscura
Since 1996, Patricia has served as a member of the editorial collective or an advisory editor of Camera Obscura: Feminism, Culture, and Media, the leading English-language journal of feminist film theory. She has worked with established and emerging authors and collaborated on numerous special issues and projects with the collective. Camera Obscura encourages contributions in areas such as the conjunctions of gender, race, class, and sexuality with audiovisual culture; new histories and theories of film, television, video, and digital media; and politically engaged approaches to a range of media practices.
Recent special issues and dossiers edited by Patricia
- The Place of the Contemporary Woman Director. Camera Obscura 29.1 (2014). Co-edited with Therese Davis and Belinda Smaill
- Women Make Movies at Forty. Camera Obscura 28.1 (2013). Co-edited with Kristen Fallica
- The Queer State of Palestinian Media. Camera Obscura 27.2 (2012)
Patricia’s publications in the journal:
- “Looking Back and Looking Forward: A Conversation About Women Make Movies.” Co-authored with Debra Zimmerman. Camera Obscura 28 (2012) 147-155.
- “Watching Women’s Films.” Camera Obscura 72 (2009): 152-162.
- “Last Days of Women’s Cinema.” Camera Obscura 63 (2006): 145-151.
- “An Archive for the Future: Camera Obscura at Thirty: Archiving the Past, Imagining the Future.” Editors’ Introduction. Camera Obscura 61 (2006): 1-25.
- “Black and White: Mercedes de Acosta’s Glorious Enthusiasms.” Camera Obscura 45 (2001): 225-265.
Film Quarterly
Patricia joined the editorial board of Film Quarterly when B. Ruby Rich became editor in 2013. Film Quarterly has been publishing substantial, peer-reviewed writing on motion pictures since 1958, earning a reputation as the most authoritative academic film journal in the United States. Its wide array of topics, perspectives, and approaches has appealed to film scholars and cinephiles alike, and with a new design and online features, Film Quarterly is staking out a central position in a rapidly changing field.
Patricia’s publications in the journal:
- “Age Appropriate?: Sundance’s Women Filmmakers Come Next.” Film Quarterly 67.2 (2013): 80-84.
- “Book Review: The New Queer Cinema: The Director’s Cut by B. Ruby Rich.” Film Quarterly 67:1 (2013): 89-91.
GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies
Patricia served as co-editor of Moving Image Reviews in GLQ from its founding in 1996 until 2002. Providing a much-needed forum for interdisciplinary discussion from a queer perspective, GLQ publishes scholarship, criticism, and commentary in areas as diverse as law, science studies, religion, political science, and literary studies. GLQ particularly seeks out new research into historical periods before the twentieth century, into non-Anglophone cultures, and into the experience of those who have been marginalized by race, ethnicity, age, social class, body morphology, or sexual practice.
Patricia’s publications in the journal:
- “Book Review: Lesbianism, Cinema, Space: The Sexual Life of Apartments.” GLQ 16:3 (2010): 487-490.
- “Queer Publicity: A Dossier on Lesbian and Gay Film Festivals.” Introduction and editor. GLQ 5.1 (1999): 73-93.