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Camp (Style)

LC control no.sh2006000805
Topical headingCamp (Style)
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See alsoAesthetics
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Found inWork cat.: 2006001878: McMahon, Gary. Camp in literature, 2006.
LC database, Feb. 1, 2006.
Random House (2nd ed., unabridged) (something that provides sophisticated, knowing amusement, as by virtue of its being artlessly mannered or stylized, self-consciously artificial and extravagant, or teasingly ingenuous and sentimental)
A dictionary of literary and thematic terms, c1999 (referring to a style that favors artifice and various forms of "posing")
Wikipedia, Feb. 1, 2006 (refers to the deliberate and sophisticated use of kitsch, mawkish or corny themes and styles in art, clothing, or conversation)