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Notes on Camp
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Susan Sontag's "Notes on Camp" is a seminal essay exploring the elusive concept of "camp" in art and culture.
Sontag defines camp as a sensibility that embraces artifice, theatricality, and irony.
She examines how camp can be both subversive and playful, challenging conventional notions of taste and aesthetics.
The essay is structured as a series of numbered notes, reflecting the fluid and multifaceted nature of camp itself.
Sontag's insightful observations on camp's cultural significance continue to resonate with readers and scholars, making "Notes on Camp" a classic of cultural criticism.
Sontag defines camp as a sensibility that embraces artifice, theatricality, and irony.
She examines how camp can be both subversive and playful, challenging conventional notions of taste and aesthetics.
The essay is structured as a series of numbered notes, reflecting the fluid and multifaceted nature of camp itself.
Sontag's insightful observations on camp's cultural significance continue to resonate with readers and scholars, making "Notes on Camp" a classic of cultural criticism.
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