Guilty pleasures : feminist camp from Mae West to Madonna
Using detailed studies of stars such as Mae West, Joan Crawford and Madonna, Guilty Pleasures examines the tradition of feminist camp - a female form of aestheticism related to masquerade and rooted in burlesque, parallel but different to gay male camp
ix, 195 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
9781860640872, 9781860640889, 9780822317487, 9780822317517, 1860640877, 1860640885, 0822317486, 0822317516
36590309
What makes the feminist camp?; "the kinda comedy where they imitate me"; Mae West's identification with the femininst camp; what Trixie and God know - feminist camp in "Gold Diggers of 1933"; camping under Western stars - Joan Crawford in "Johnny Guitar"; does feminist camp make a difference? or, what we talk about when we talk about Madonna; the queens are dead, long live the queens.