Representing Camp: Constructing Macaroni Masculinity in Eighteenth-Century Visual Satire
This article asks how ‘Camp,’ as defined in Sontag’s 1964 essay, ‘Notes on Camp,’ might provide a valuable framework for the analysis of late eighteenth-century satirical prints, specifically those featuring images of the so-called ‘macaroni.’ Discussing a number of satirical prints and contemporary...
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| description | This article asks how ‘Camp,’ as defined in Sontag’s 1964 essay, ‘Notes on Camp,’ might provide a valuable framework for the analysis of late eighteenth-century satirical prints, specifically those featuring images of the so-called ‘macaroni.’ Discussing a number of satirical prints and contemporary writings on the macaroni, the article reads them against Sontag’s text in order to establish its utility as a critical framework for understanding the images’ complex relationship of content, form, and function. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6fc71d2110b042b1ac2682f47842dd682022-12-22T01:09:42ZengAphra Behn SocietyABO : Interactive Journal for Women in the Arts 1640-18302157-71292157-71292019-05-019110.5038/2157-7129.9.1.1171Representing Camp: Constructing Macaroni Masculinity in Eighteenth-Century Visual SatireFreya Gowrley0University of EdinburghThis article asks how ‘Camp,’ as defined in Sontag’s 1964 essay, ‘Notes on Camp,’ might provide a valuable framework for the analysis of late eighteenth-century satirical prints, specifically those featuring images of the so-called ‘macaroni.’ Discussing a number of satirical prints and contemporary writings on the macaroni, the article reads them against Sontag’s text in order to establish its utility as a critical framework for understanding the images’ complex relationship of content, form, and function.https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1171&context=abocampmacaronisatireprint cultureeighteenth-centurymasculinity |
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| title | Representing Camp: Constructing Macaroni Masculinity in Eighteenth-Century Visual Satire |
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| title_short | Representing Camp: Constructing Macaroni Masculinity in Eighteenth-Century Visual Satire |
| title_sort | representing camp constructing macaroni masculinity in eighteenth century visual satire |
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