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Camp Comforts Reparative Gay Literature in Times of AIDS Christian Lassen
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lassen, Christian <p>Christian Lassen, Universität Oldenburg, Deutschland</p>, Author.
- Series:
- Lettre (Transcript (Firm))
- Lettre
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Camp.
- AIDS.
- Literature.
- Culture.
- Queer.
- Representation.
- Gender.
- British Studies.
- American Studies.
- Queer Theory.
- Cultural Studies.
- Literary Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- Camp.
- AIDS.
- Literature.
- Culture.
- Queer.
- Representation.
- Gender.
- British Studies.
- American Studies.
- Queer Theory.
- Cultural Studies.
- Literary Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (295 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Lassen, Camp Comforts Reparative Gay Literature in Times of AIDS
- Place of Publication:
- Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2014
- Language Note:
- English
- Biography/History:
- Christian Lassen teaches English literature and British cultural studies at the University of Oldenburg. His research interests include queer studies, gender studies and contemporary literature.
- Summary:
- »Camp Comforts« investigates the wide-ranging impact of camp on AIDS literature and places this impact within two different traditions of camp analysis: a politically subversive one that aims at social change and an aesthetically uplifting one that aims at personal healing. Christian Lassen argues that camp may in fact serve both ends, social change and personal healing, and goes on to explore reparative reading practices in order to rehabilitate alleviation and relief as vital objectives in literary representations of gay grief. In this way, »Camp Comforts« reveals the workings that make camp so crucial a strategy for survival in times of AIDS.
- Contents:
- 1 Table of Contents 5 Acknowledgments 7 Camp Comforts 11 With Your Health Held High 47 Drag and Drugs and Rockin' Roles 87 In Sheep's Clothing 139 Shepherds on Horseback 189 Follow the Yellow Brick Interstate Highway 221 Towards a Recuperation of Reparative Reading Practices 275 Bibliography 283
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9783839418147
- OCLC:
- 892890457
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