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ACFM Microdose: Notes on Camp
Jun 9, 2024
Delving into Susan Sontag's 'Camp,' they explore the love for artificial, theatrical, and sentimental objects. They discuss aphorisms, camp sensibility, seduction, and subversion. Unpacking camp's relationship with role-playing games, Aubrey Beardsley, and various elements. They explore valuing style over substance, contrasting camp with chicness and discussing its historical context.
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- Camp celebrates artificiality and exaggeration, intertwining with gender expression.
- Camp evolves with time, cherishing old-fashioned elements while rejecting character complexity.
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Exploring Camp as a Unique Sensibility
Camp is defined as a sensibility that loves the unnatural, artifice, and exaggeration. Susan Sontag's text 'Notes on Camp' from 1964 serves as a focal point for a reading group discussion. The historical context of publication in the leftist Partisan Review is highlighted, showcasing the association between camp and queer culture during the rise of gay liberation.
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