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'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun': Feminist Camp Gothic

Brassington, T. (2024) 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun': Feminist Camp Gothic. In: Horner, A. and Zlosnik, S. (eds.) Comic Gothic : An Edinburgh Companion. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. pp. 239-254.

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Abstract:
This chapter sets out to define Gothic camp and to examine its feminist potential and its relation to Comic Gothic. It concludes that Camp provides a means of understanding moments of humour in the Gothic characterised by a queer form of self-reflexivity. This, in its turn, modulates the affective responses to pleasurable fear and interrogates Comic Gothic with a fresh critical eye. The feminist possibilities of such a formulation of Comic Gothic as feminist camp Gothic are therefore a continuation of those additive and accretive qualities which characterise camp as a loving reclamation of the detritus left on the Gothic cusp.
Uncontrolled Keywords:
/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/gender_equality
Creators:
Brassington, T.
Editors:
Horner, A. and Zlosnik, S.
Publisher:
Edinburgh University Press
Date:
30 June 2024
Date Type:
Publication
Page Range:
pp. 239-254
Title of Book:
Comic Gothic : An Edinburgh Companion
Series Name:
Edinburgh Companions to the Gothic
Number:
1st
Place of Publication:
Edinburgh
Number of Pages:
16
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781399505772
Status:
Published / Disseminated
Refereed:
Yes
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