Camera Obscura is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal of feminism, culture, and media studies published by Duke University Press.

It was established in 1976[1] by four graduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Janet Bergstrom, Sandy Flitterman, Elisabeth Lyon, and Constance Penley.

[2] The editors-in-chief are Lalitha Gopalan, Lynne Joyrich, Homay King, Constance Penley, Tess Takahashi, Patricia White, Sharon Willis.

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: