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'My dear, she's on fire!' DAMIAN BARR
'A snappy guide to an all-conquering aesthetic' Financial Times

'The following things have seemed impossibly camp to me at one point or another: a doll whose body acts as a cover for a toilet roll, a tantrum over wire coat hangers, a 1950s muscle magazine featuring a photo of a young man dressed as a gladiator, and a rat underneath a silver serving platter'

An essential reappraisal of camp across time and across the globe, from the author of Fabulosa! and Outrageous!

Camp has been an inescapable part of popular culture for at least the last 150 years. Famously unrestrained and ever evolving, it has not only captured the cultural imagination, but also played an important role as a form of protest and resistance.

Paul Baker takes us through camp's rebellious and revolutionary past with warmth, humour and sensitivity, starting with the

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    Publisher: Footnote Press Ltd
    Publication Date: 10/3/2024
    ISBN13: 9781804440469, 978-1804440469
    ISBN10: 1804440469

    Non Fiction , History , Non Fiction

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    'My dear, she's on fire!' DAMIAN BARR
    'A snappy guide to an all-conquering aesthetic' Financial Times

    'The following things have seemed impossibly camp to me at one point or another: a doll whose body acts as a cover for a toilet roll, a tantrum over wire coat hangers, a 1950s muscle magazine featuring a photo of a young man dressed as a gladiator, and a rat underneath a silver serving platter'

    An essential reappraisal of camp across time and across the globe, from the author of Fabulosa! and Outrageous!

    Camp has been an inescapable part of popular culture for at least the last 150 years. Famously unrestrained and ever evolving, it has not only captured the cultural imagination, but also played an important role as a form of protest and resistance.

    Paul Baker takes us through camp's rebellious and revolutionary past with warmth, humour and sensitivity, starting with the

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