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- From: albrigh@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (thomas g albright)
- Subject: Re: LesBiGay and Transgender Glossary (long)
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 21:51:08 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.233342.24896@osf.org> alan@ninja.osf.org (Alan
- Hamilton) writes:
- ...
- >Camp: To exaggerate _feminine_ behaviors, usually for others'
- >entertainment. Also, to _camp it up_. (See _butch it up_.)
- ...
-
- Actually, "camp" is a form of humor, in which one makes fun of one's
- oppression by taking on and exaggerating stereotypes which the oppressor
- projects on to the oppressed. Thus homosexual men "camping it up" are
- involved in exaggerating feminine behaviors because the stereotype of
- gay men is that they are "effeminate." Camp makes fun of the
- stereotype and laughs at the sting of the oppression.
-
- The key is in the exaggeration and actual employment of the stereotype.
-
- Camp is most closely associated with the gay subculture, but it need not
- be. A black person who for purposes of a joke, calls another black person
- "nigger" is engaging in camp humor. If you are interested in this topic,
- see Susan Sontag who has published on this subject.
-
- -Tom Albright
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