Guilty Pleasures: Feminist Camp from Mae West to Madonna

by Pamela Robertson and Pamela Robertson Wojcik

Book Overview

"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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822317486
• ISBN13: 9780822317487
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.2"