Camp Grounds: Style and Homosexuality

Camp Grounds: Style and Homosexuality

The concept of camp has never been easy to define. Derived from the French verb camper, "to pose," it has been variously interpreted as a style that favors exaggeration, an ironic attitude toward the cultural mainstream, and a form of aestheticism that celebrates artifice over beauty. At the same time, camp has been long associated with homosexual culture, or at least with a self-conscious eroticism that questions traditional gender constructions.

The sixteen essays on camp included in this book explore further the relationship between style and homosexuality, showing how camp has made its way into every aspect of our cultural lives: theater, popular music, opera, film, and literature. Beginning with an overview of what camp is, where it came from, and how it operates, the chapter addresses topics ranging from the "high camp" of Whitman and Proust to the "low camp" of drag queen culture and gay fanzines. Together they carry forward a conversation that began more than twenty-five years ago, before Stonewall and AIDS, when Susan Sontag published her memorable "Notes on Camp."

Country	USA
Binding	Paperback
EAN	9780870238789
IsAdultProduct
ISBN	0870238787
Label	University of Massachusetts Press
Manufacturer	University of Massachusetts Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	312
PublicationDate	1993-12-14
Publisher	University of Massachusetts Press
Studio	University of Massachusetts Press
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

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