Guilty Pleasures: Feminist Camp from Mae West to Madonna by Pamela Robertson - 1996-03-15

Duke University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1996. ix, 195 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. "'Camp,' Mae West told Playboy, 'is the kinda comedy where they imitate me.' But what was West doing, if not camp itself? Guilty Pleasures puts women back into the history of camp, a story long confined to gay male practice. Emphasizing the distinctive roles women have played as producers and consumers of camp, Pamela Robertson links her subject to feminist discussions of gender parody, performance, and spectatorship. Her book offers a heady tour of social and cultural criticism at its most interesting, and American culture at its most flamboyant. Robertson grounds her theoretical discussion of female performance and spectatorship in detailed studies of figures such as Mae West, Joan Crawford, and Madonna. She locates these figures in turn within a tradition of feminist camp--a female form of aestheticism related to masquerade and rooted in burlesque, parallel to but different from gay… Read More

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Duke University Press Books, 1996-03-15. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!