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Camp (cultural movement)

Scope note

Designation applied to a taste for cultural materials that provide a knowing amusement by virtue of them being artlessly mannered and self-conscious, artificial or ostentatious. For the related concept applied to artistic or literary material, use "kitsch."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000262965

Equivalent Terms used

campy

Created

13yrs ago

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