Capitalizing on camp: Greed and the queer marketplace

Text and Performance Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 36-46

  Whitney, Elizabeth ^a  

^a EMERSON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Camp; Greed; Marketing; Performative Writing; Queer Identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049329399     PISSN: 10462937     EISSN: 14795760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10462930500382401     Document Type: Article

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