This book addresses the relationship between gossip, women, and film with regards to the genre of chick flicks. Presenting two case studies on the films Easy A (Will Gluck 2010) and Emma (Douglas McGrath 1996), Dang demonstrates that hearsay plays a defining role in the staging of these films and thus in the film experience. While the lack of women s voices in the general public sphere remains an issue, the female voice is very present in the contemporary woman s film. In its analysis of gossip, this book focuses on a form of communication that has traditionally been...