The Camp 100

Glorious flamboyance, from Louis XIV to Lil Nas X

Simon Doonan, Kenzo Hamazaki

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White Lion Publishing
01 October 2024

Social & cultural history; Gay & Lesbian studies; Humour

'Simon Doonan's CAMP 100 is majestic, life-enhancing, packed with info and bang up to date. And, yes, I am featured. Surprised?' - Alan Carr

Celebrate the unapologetically, outrageously CAMP with this vivacious party of 100 people, objects, art movements and much, much more.

What do Grace Jones, Benjamin Disraeli, Salvador Dali, K-Pop and a giant art nouveau vase covered in fairies and stuffed with peacock feathers have in common? Answer: they are all, wildly, completely and utterly ... Camp. Yes, C-A-M-P, that strange, hard-to-define quality.

Over the last few decades, Camp has been tucked up in her four-poster, fast asleep. But now, having been roused from slumber by Anna Wintour for the 2019 Met Ball, Camp is back, and she might just be the thing you need to make sense of - and add some humour and irony to - this crazy, all-too-serious world.

In this hilarious, era-defining book, author and cultural commentator Simon Doonan gets to grips with Camp. Who is she? Where did she come from and where did she go? Why is she back? Just who is Susan Sontag when she's at home?! Beautifully illustrated throughout, the book includes 100 entries that are completely and unapologetically Camp - of course Dynasty, poodles and RuPaul are here, but vampires, tattoos, Queen Victoria and even cake? Absolutely. Doonan makes the Camp case for these as well.

The Camp 100 is a manifesto like no other, a manifesto to turn down the temperature dial and take the world a bit less seriously. In seeing 'Camp' in the most unlikely places, this book might revolutionize the way you see the world entirely.

By: Simon Doonan
Illustrated by: Kenzo Hamazaki
Imprint: White Lion Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 160mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 750g
ISBN: 9780711289963
ISBN 10: 0711289964
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 01 October 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Simon Doonan is an author and cultural commentator. His books include Drag: The Complete Story and Transformer: A Story of Glitter, Glam Rock and Loving Lou Reed. His memoir Beautiful People was adapted for television by the BBC. Simon appears on the NBC hit show 'Making It'. He lives with his partner Jonathan Adler in New York and Florida. Sao Paulo-based Kenzo Hamazaki makes joyful, vivid illustrations with soft shapes, bright colour palettes and stardust texture, capturing the simple magic and everyday beauty of our lives. He studied graphic design at The So Paulo State University and Communication Design at Hanyang University in South Korea, and has lived in Atlanta, Seoul, Mexico City, Cuiaba and Bauru.As an advocate for sustainability, Kenzo collaborates with like-minded clients.His illustrations furnished an entire edition of Brazilian magazine Globo, and Kenzo collaborated on the summer collection for fashion retailer Aragana. Kenzo's recent clients include Apple, AirBnb, Adobe and Spotify.