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"'''Notes on 'Camp''''" is a 1964 essay by ] that brought the aesthetic sensibility known as "]" to mainstream consciousness.<ref>{{Cite youtube |title=What Is Camp? These Sci-Fi Movies Explain {{!}} Film 101 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7J7ZBDKxFw |access-date=2023-10-30 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="NOC-2018" /> | |||
==Background== | ==Background== | ||
"Notes on 'Camp{{'"}} was first published as an essay in 1964, and was her first contribution to the '']''.<ref name="NOC-1964">{{cite journal |last1=Sontag |first1=Susan |title=Notes on 'Camp' |journal=Partisan Review |date=Fall 1964 |volume=31 |issue=4 |pages=515–530}}</ref> The essay attracted interest in Sontag. | |||
The essay was republished in 1966 in Sontag's debut collection of essays, '']''.<ref>{{cite web |last=DeMott |first=Benjamin |authorlink=Benjamin DeMott |title=Lady on the Scene |work=] |date=January 23, 1966 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1966/01/23/archives/lady-on-the-scene-lady-on-the-scene.html |url-access=subscription |accessdate=April 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170714133425/https://www.nytimes.com/1966/01/23/books/booksspecial/sontag-interpretation.html|archive-date=July 14, 2017 |department=The New York Times Book Review |pages=5, 32 |volume=115 | issue = 39,446 }}</ref> The essay considers meanings and connotations of the word "]".<ref name="sontag-2018">Sontag, Susan. ''Notes on "Camp".'' Penguin Random House (2018). {{ISBN|978-0241339701}}</ref> | |||
⚫ | The 2019 ] art exhibit '']'', presented by the ] at New York City's ], was built around Sontag's essay by ], the ] of the Costume Institute.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/costume-institute-2019-exhibition-camp-notes-on-fashion| |
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==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
] is mentioned in Sontag's essay: "Apart from a lazy two-page sketch in Christopher Isherwood's novel '']'' (1954), has hardly broken into print."<ref |
] is mentioned in Sontag's essay: "Apart from a lazy two-page sketch in Christopher Isherwood's novel '']'' (1954), has hardly broken into print."<ref name="sontag-2018" /> In Isherwood's novel two characters are discussing the meaning of camp, both High and Low. Stephen Monk, the protagonist, says: | ||
<blockquote>You thought it meant a swishy little boy with peroxided hair, dressed in a picture hat and a feather boa, pretending to be ]? Yes, in queer circles they call ''that'' camping. … You can call Low Camp…High Camp is the whole emotional basis for ballet, for example, and of course of baroque art … High Camp always has an underlying seriousness. You can't camp about something you don't take seriously. You're not making fun of it, you're making fun out of it. You're expressing what’s basically serious to you in terms of fun and artifice and elegance. Baroque art is basically camp about religion. The ballet is camp about love …<ref>Isherwood, Christopher. ''The World in the Evening''. University of Minnesota Press. 2012 p. 10 {{ISBN|9780099561149}}</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>You thought it meant a swishy little boy with peroxided hair, dressed in a picture hat and a feather boa, pretending to be ]? Yes, in queer circles they call ''that'' camping. … You can call Low Camp…High Camp is the whole emotional basis for ballet, for example, and of course of baroque art … High Camp always has an underlying seriousness. You can't camp about something you don't take seriously. You're not making fun of it, you're making fun out of it. You're expressing what’s basically serious to you in terms of fun and artifice and elegance. Baroque art is basically camp about religion. The ballet is camp about love …<ref>Isherwood, Christopher. ''The World in the Evening''. University of Minnesota Press. 2012 p. 10 {{ISBN|9780099561149}}</ref></blockquote> | ||
Then examples are given: ], ] and ] are camp; ], ] and ] are not.<ref>Isherwood, Christopher. ''The World in the Evening’’. University of Minnesota Press. 2012 {{ISBN|9780099561149}} p. 10-11</ref> | Then examples are given: ], ] and ] are camp; ], ] and ] are not.<ref>Isherwood, Christopher. ''The World in the Evening’’. University of Minnesota Press. 2012 {{ISBN|9780099561149}} p. 10-11</ref> | ||
==Influence== | |||
⚫ | The 2019 ] art exhibit '']'', presented by the ] at New York City's ], was built around Sontag's essay by ], the ] of the Costume Institute.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Presents “Camp: Notes on Fashion” for Its Spring 2019 Exhibition |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/costume-institute-2019-exhibition-camp-notes-on-fashion |access-date=2019-06-03 |website=Vogue |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bekhrad |first=Joobin |title=What does it mean to be camp? |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190503-what-does-it-mean-to-be-camp |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en}}</ref> | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 22:11, 30 October 2023
1964 essay by Susan Sontag"Notes on 'Camp'" is a 1964 essay by Susan Sontag that brought the aesthetic sensibility known as "camp" to mainstream consciousness.
Background
"Notes on 'Camp'" was first published as an essay in 1964, and was her first contribution to the Partisan Review. The essay attracted interest in Sontag.
The essay was republished in 1966 in Sontag's debut collection of essays, Against Interpretation. The essay considers meanings and connotations of the word "camp".
Synopsis
Christopher Isherwood is mentioned in Sontag's essay: "Apart from a lazy two-page sketch in Christopher Isherwood's novel The World in the Evening (1954), has hardly broken into print." In Isherwood's novel two characters are discussing the meaning of camp, both High and Low. Stephen Monk, the protagonist, says:
You thought it meant a swishy little boy with peroxided hair, dressed in a picture hat and a feather boa, pretending to be Marlene Dietrich? Yes, in queer circles they call that camping. … You can call Low Camp…High Camp is the whole emotional basis for ballet, for example, and of course of baroque art … High Camp always has an underlying seriousness. You can't camp about something you don't take seriously. You're not making fun of it, you're making fun out of it. You're expressing what’s basically serious to you in terms of fun and artifice and elegance. Baroque art is basically camp about religion. The ballet is camp about love …
Then examples are given: Mozart, El Greco and Dostoevsky are camp; Beethoven, Flaubert and Rembrandt are not.
Influence
The 2019 haute couture art exhibit Camp: Notes on Fashion, presented by the Anna Wintour Costume Center at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art, was built around Sontag's essay by Andrew Bolton, the Wendy Yu Curator in Charge of the Costume Institute.
See also
References
- What Is Camp? These Sci-Fi Movies Explain | Film 101. Retrieved 2023-10-30.
- Cite error: The named reference
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - Sontag, Susan (Fall 1964). "Notes on 'Camp'". Partisan Review. 31 (4): 515–530.
- DeMott, Benjamin (January 23, 1966). "Lady on the Scene". The New York Times Book Review. The New York Times. pp. 5, 32. Archived from the original on July 14, 2017. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
- ^ Sontag, Susan. Notes on "Camp". Penguin Random House (2018). ISBN 978-0241339701
- Isherwood, Christopher. The World in the Evening. University of Minnesota Press. 2012 p. 10 ISBN 9780099561149
- Isherwood, Christopher. The World in the Evening’’. University of Minnesota Press. 2012 ISBN 9780099561149 p. 10-11
- "The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Presents "Camp: Notes on Fashion" for Its Spring 2019 Exhibition". Vogue. Retrieved 2019-06-03.
- Bekhrad, Joobin. "What does it mean to be camp?". www.bbc.com. Retrieved 2023-10-30.