Guilty pleasures puts women back into the history of camp, a story long confined to gay male practice. Books by pamela robertson author of guilty pleasures. Twilight by stephenie meyer, fifty shades of grey by e. Feminist camp from mae west to madonna by pamela robertson. Pamela robertsons most popular book is doves and dreams. Emphasizing the distinctive roles women have played as producers and consumers of camp, pamela robertson links her subject to feminist discussions of camp, mae west told playboy, is the kinda comedy where they imitate me. Guilty pleasures by pamela robertson, 9781860640872, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide.
Pamela robertson wojcik author of guilty pleasures goodreads. Guilty pleasures by pamela robertson, 9780822317517, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. My guilty pleasure writers talk about the books that they love but are embarrassed to be seen reading. Using detailed studies of stars such as mae west, joan crawford and madonna, guilty pleasures examines the tradition of feminist camp a female form of aestheticism related to masquerade and rooted in burlesque, parallel but different to gay male camp. Feminist camp from mae west to madonna duke up 1996.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Books, movies, tv shows, music, and comics that draw. Her book offers a heady tour of social and cultural criticism at its most. Feminist camp from mae west to madonna pamela robertson on. James, eclipse by stephenie meyer, new moon by stephenie meye. Pamela robertson wojcik is a professor in film, television, and theatre and. Nothing lights up the happy parts of my brain faster than a good one. Asner gets a blurb from guilty pleasure queen jackie collins. Feminist camp from mae west to madonna cultural studies by pamela robertson 19961231 hardcover 1774. It was a beautiful saturday morning as i stepped outside the door of our home. Pamela robertson has 16 books on goodreads with 100 ratings. I assumed at first that he meant he would no longer indulge in, you know, the usual. Guilty pleasures is a polished, provocative, and innovative scholarly work.
Pamela robertson links her subject to feminist discussions of gender parody. Guilty pleasures is the first of a 20 book series at last count. An extra scoop of ice cream or slice of cake, a lastminute takeaway and throwing a sickie have been named among brits top 50 guilty pleasures. Special series my guilty pleasure authors recommend embarrassing, but addictive reads. Feminist camp from mae west to madonna cultural studies by robertson, pamela isbn. She is currently writing a book about gidget as a transmedia phenomenon. Lucky us, we got go under the covers with our june cover star emma roberts. But some books are slightly more guilty pleasure than classic literature. Anita blake is a hardboiled aninimator, which means she has the ability to raise the dead, her other talents include being a sanctioned vampire killer and working for the st louis police force as a prenatural specialist on retainer basis.
She told us all about what she does when she stays up all night and how to. Emma roberts has guilty pleasures, too under the covers. Robertson addresses a timely set of topics not only camp but also feminism, gender theory, the masquerade from the perspective of star studies and queer theory. Feminist camp from mae west to madonna by robertson, pamela isbn. As id been doing now for the past two years, i was off to visit my best friend susan who lived just a short three blocks away.
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