Making camp : rhetorics of transgression in U.S. popular culture /
"Making Camp examines the rhetoric and conventions of "camp" in contemporary popular culture and the ways it both subverts and is co-opted by mainstream ideology and discourse, especially as it pertains to issues of gender and sexuality." "The authors draw on a wide range of...
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| Language: | English |
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Tuscaloosa :
University of Alabama Press,
[2008], ©2008
Tuscaloosa : c2008 Tuscaloosa : [2008] |
| Series: | Rhetoric, culture, and social critique
Rhetoric, culture, and social critique |
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| Summary: | "Making Camp examines the rhetoric and conventions of "camp" in contemporary popular culture and the ways it both subverts and is co-opted by mainstream ideology and discourse, especially as it pertains to issues of gender and sexuality." "The authors draw on a wide range of references and figures representative of camp, both historical and contemporary, in presenting the evolution of female camp and its negotiation of gender, political, and identity issues. Antecedents such as Joan Craw-ford, Wonder Woman, Marilyn Monroe, and Pam Grier are discussed as archetypes for contemporary popular culture figures - Macy Gray, Gwen Stefani, and the characters of Xena from Xena: Warrior Princess and Karen Walker from Will & Grace."--BOOK JACKET "Making Camp examines the rhetoric and conventions of "camp" in contemporary popular culture and the ways it both subverts and is co-opted by mainstream ideology and discourse, especially as it pertains to issues of gender and sexuality." "The authors draw on a wide range of references and figures representative of camp, both historical and contemporary, in presenting the evolution of female camp and its negotiation of gender, political, and identity issues. Antecedents such as Joan Craw-ford, Wonder Woman, Marilyn Monroe, and Pam Grier are discussed as archetypes for contemporary popular culture figures - Macy Gray, Gwen Stefani, and the characters of Xena from Xena: Warrior Princess and Karen Walker from Will & Grace."--Jacket |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC |
| Physical Description: | 189 p. ; 24 cm 189 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-185) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages [171]-185) and index |
| ISBN: | 0817316078 (cloth : alk. paper) 0817316078 0817380116 (electronic : alk. paper) 0817380116 9780817316075 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780817316075 9780817380113 (electronic : alk. paper) 9780817380113 |