{"product_id":"guilty-pleasures-feminist-camp-from-mae-west-to-madonna-9780822317487","title":"Guilty Pleasures: Feminist Camp from Mae West to Madonna","description":"\"Camp,\" Mae West told \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e, \"is the kinda comedy where they imitate me.\" But what was West doing, if not camp itself? \u003ci\u003eGuilty Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003eRobertson 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 male camp. Through analyses of films from \u003ci\u003eGold Diggers of 1933\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eJohnny Guitar\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as video and television, Robertson shows how the gold digger is to feminist camp what the dandy is to gay male camp--its original personification and defining voice. Set against a backdrop of social history, her analysis demonstrates that feminist camp flourishes during periods of antifeminist backlash in America, and that it reflects a working-class sensibility particularly attuned to changing attitudes toward women's work and sexuality. \u003cbr\u003eAppealing to a wide range of scholars spanning the fields of film and mass culture, feminism, gay\/lesbian\/queer studies, and cultural studies, \u003ci\u003eGuilty Pleasures\u003c\/i\u003e will also attract an audience of general readers interested in camp and popular culture.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10402922\"\u003ePamela Robertson Wojcik\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/15\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 5.91w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822317487\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822317486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC028000\"\u003eWomen's Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PER\"\u003ePerforming Arts\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PER004000\"\u003eFilm | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePamela Robertson Wojcik is Associate Professor in the Department of Film, Television, and Theater and Director of the Gender Studies Program at the University of Notre Dame. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Apartment Plot: Urban Living in American Film and Popular Culture, 1945-1975\u003c\/i\u003e, also published by Duke University Press, and the editor of \u003ci\u003eMovie Acting: The \u003c\/i\u003eFilm\u003ci\u003e Reader\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42647567597805,"sku":"9780822317487","price":46.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_0565eca4-8730-4780-bdb8-84a9331ed112.jpg?v=1649177218","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/guilty-pleasures-feminist-camp-from-mae-west-to-madonna-9780822317487","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}