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Against Interpretation and Other Essays
by Susan Sontag

Against Interpretation and Other Essays
by Susan Sontag

Against Interpretation and Other Essays
by Susan Sontag

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Notes on "Camp"

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a numbered list, oddly enough ... I don't really disagree with anything, I guess I just don't know why this was necessary

Sontag, S. (2009). Notes on "Camp". In Sontag, S. Against Interpretation and Other Essays. Penguin Classics, pp. 275-292

ineffable (en)

(adjective) incapable of being expressed in words; indescribable / (adjective) unspeakable / (adjective) not to be uttered; taboo

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A sensibility is almost, but not quite, ineffable.

—p.276 by Susan Sontag
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7 years, 2 months ago

A sensibility is almost, but not quite, ineffable.

—p.276 by Susan Sontag
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7 years, 2 months ago

epicene (en)

(adjective) having but one form to indicate either sex / (adjective) having characteristics typical of the other sex; intersexual / (adjective) effeminate / (adjective) lacking characteristics of either sex

280

Camp is the triumph of the epicene style.

—p.280 by Susan Sontag
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Camp is the triumph of the epicene style.

—p.280 by Susan Sontag
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7 years, 2 months ago

ebullience (en)

(noun) the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts or feelings; exuberance

282

When self-parody lacks ebullience but instead reveals (even sporadically) a contempt for one's themes and one's materials

—p.282 by Susan Sontag
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When self-parody lacks ebullience but instead reveals (even sporadically) a contempt for one's themes and one's materials

—p.282 by Susan Sontag
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7 years, 2 months ago