Provides an overview over the politics of camp across different formats in contemporary media landscape

Proposes a new defintion of camp as detached attachment to account for the strategy's unique combination of critical distance and affective involvement

Investigates the uses of camp in popular culture as a form of parodic intervention by women

Features detailed analysis not only of the visual aspects of Lady Gaga's music videos but connects these to her live performances and the use of voice for queer effects

Ascertains camp's value in countering recent media trends such as lesbian chic and postfeminism

Includes supplementary material: [...]

1. Beyond Gay Men and After the Closet: Camp's New Politics and Pleasures.- 2. The History and Theory of Camp. I. Stonewall, Sontag, 'Sissies,' Sirk. II. Camp's Double Coding: Detachment / Attachment.- 3. The Great Dyke Rewrite - Lesbian Camp on the Big Screen. I. New Queer Cinema. II. Lesbian Chic. III. Girls Gone Camping -
But I'm a Cheerleader
and
D.E.B.S..
IV. Subtext to Sincerity.- 4. TV in/vs. Postfeminism - Feminist Camp in
30 Rock.
I. Contemporary Sitcoms and Meta-Reflection. II. Legacy of the Feminist Sitcom. III. Postfeminism in US (Media) Culture. IV.
30 Rock
's Divergences in Comic Format and Narrative Formula. V. "I want to go to there!" - The Camp Routes of
30 Rock
's Leading Ladies. VI. A Sitcom's Swan Song.- 5. Taking Pop Seriously: Lady Gaga as Camp. I. Gaga for Pop's Giants - Stars, Divas and the Intimacy of Pop. II. Internet Killed the Video Star - Narrating Metareferentiality across Media. III. "Followthe Glitter Way" -
The Monster Ball
and Camp Live in Concert. IV. Grotesquely Serious.- 6. Camp: A New, More Complex Relation to the Serious.