Camp and Pop: David Bowie, Oskar Schlemmer, Madonna and Janelle Monáe by Kathrin Dreckmann

“…As a consequence the concept of camp is used to examine the practice and performance of artists like David Bowie, Madonna, Christina Aguilera and Janelle Monáe, and finding structural similarity in their practice and production, which uncovers a tendency towards apersonal self-historization which is typical for pop and is closely linked to its ability to generate new meanings out of materials that stem from other contexts originally.…”
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