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is a solvent of morality. It neutralizes moral indignation, sponsors playfulness.

Camp is a solvent of morality. It neutralizes moral indignation, sponsors playfulness.

is a vision of the world in terms of a love of the exaggerated.

Camp is a vision of the world in terms of style -but a particular kind of style. It is love of the exaggerated.

is art that proposes itself seriously, but cannot be taken altogether seriously because it is 'too much'.

Camp is art that proposes itself seriously, but cannot be taken altogether seriously because it is 'too much.' (Susan Sontag)

is either naive or deliberate. When it is pure. Camp which knows itself to be camp ('camping') is usually less satisfying.

One must distinguish between naïve and deliberate Camp. Pure Camp is always naive. Camp which knows itself to be Camp ('camping') is usually less satisfying.' Susan Sontag

1s 2ltimate statement is: It's good because it's awful.

The ultimate Camp statement: it's good because it's awful' Susan Sontag

is the deliberate and sophisticated use of kitsch, mawkish or corny themes and styles in art, clothing or conversation.

the deliberate and sophisticated use of kitsch, mawkish or corny themes and styles in art, clothing or conversation. A part of the anti-Academic defense of popular culture in the sixties, camp came to academic prominence in the eighties with the widespread adoption of the Postmodern views on art and culture.' . . . artifice, frivolity, and shocking excess as the key notes.

is a place to which, once a year, parents can pack up and send their troubles.

Parents have their blessings: once a year they can pack up their troubles and send them to camp.

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