Queer as Camp by Contributions by Kyle Eveleth & Contributions by Kathryn Kent & Contributions by Kenneth B Kidd & Contributions by D Gilson & Contributions by Charlie Hailey & Contributions by Ana M
Brand: Fordham University Press
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Named the 1 Bestselling NonFiction Title by the Calgary Herald To camp means to occupy a place andor time provisionally or under special circumstances. To camp can also mean to queer. And for many children and young adults summer camp is a formative experience mixed with homosocial structure and homoerotic longing. In Queer as Camp editors Kenneth B. Kidd and Derritt Mason curate a collection of essays and critical memoirs exploring the intersections of queer and camp focusing especially on camp as an alternative and potentially nonnormative place andor time. Exploring questions of identity desire and social formation Queer as Camp delves into the diverse and queerenabling dimensions of particular campsites from traditional iterations of camp to camplike ventures literary and filmic texts about camp across a range of genres fantasy horror realistic fiction graphic novels as well as the notorious appropriation of Indigenous life and the consequences of playing Indian. These accessible engaging essays examine variously camp as a queer place andor the experiences of queers at camp including Vermonts Indian Brook a singlesex girls camp that has struggled with the inclusion of nonbinary and transgender campers and staff the role of Jewish summer camp as a complicated site of sexuality social bonding and citizenmaking as well as a potentially if not routinely queeraffirming place. They also attend to cinematic and literary representations of camp such as the Eisner awardwinning comic series Lumberjanes which revitalizes and revises the centuryold Girl Scout story Disneys Paul Bunyan a short film that plays up male homosociality and crossspecies bonding while inviting queer identification in the process Sleepaway Camp a horror film that exposes and deconstructs anxieties about the gendered body and Wes Andersons critically acclaimed Moonrise Kingdom which evokes dreams of escape transformation and other ways of being in the world. Highly interdisciplinary in scope Queer as Camp reflects on camp and Camp with candor insight and often humor. Contributors Kyle Eveleth D. Gilson Charlie Hailey Ana M. JimenezMoreno Kathryn R. Kent Mark Lipton Kerry Mallan Chris McGee Roderick McGillis Tammy Mielke Alexis Mitchell Flavia Musinsky Daniel Mallory Ortberg Annebella Pollen Andrew J. Trevarrow Paul Venzo Joshua Whitehead show more
Condition : New
Author : Contributions By Kyle Eveleth Contributions By Kathryn Kent Contributions By Kenneth B Kidd Co
Weight : 522
Publisher : Fordham University Press
Language : English
EAN : 9780823283606
ISBN10 : 0823283607
Format : Paperback Softback
Date of Publication : 20190402
Place of Publication : United States
Pagination : 256 Pages 6
Dimensions : 153 X 228 X 21