Camille Paglia
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| + | "As a fan of football and [[rock music]], I see in the simple, swaggering [[masculinity]] of the [[Jock (stereotype)|jock]] and in the noisy posturing of the [[Heavy metal music|heavy-metal]] guitarist certain fundamental, unchanging truths about sex. Masculinity is [[aggressive]], unstable, combustible. Women must reorient themselves toward the elemental power of sex, which can strengthen or destroy."--Camille Paglia | ||
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| + | "There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper." --"[[Return of the Great Mother: Rousseau vs. Sade]]" in ''[[Sexual Personae]]'' (1990) by Camille Paglia | ||
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| + | "[[If civilization had been left in female hands, we would still be living in grass huts]]." --ibid | ||
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| + | "[[Patriarchy]], routinely blamed for everything, produced the [[birth control pill]], which did more to free contemporary women than feminism itself." --''[[Vamps and Tramps]]'' (1994) | ||
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| + | "For a decade, [[feminists]] have drilled their disciples to say, “[[Rape is a crime of violence but not of sex]].” This sugar-coated Shirley Temple nonsense has exposed young women to disaster. Misled by feminism, they do not expect [[rape]] from the nice boys from good homes who sit next to them in class." --"[[Rape and Modern Sex War]]", [New York Newsday, January 27, 1991], cited in ''[[Free Women, Free Men]]'' (2017) | ||
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| - | '''Camille Anna Paglia''' (born [[April 2]], [[1947]] in [[Endicott, New York]]) is an American [[social critic]], [[intellectual]], [[author]] and [[teacher]] best known for her magnum opus ''[[Sexual Personae]]''. | + | '''Camille Anna Paglia''' (born April 2, 1947) is an American author, teacher, and social critic. Paglia, a self-described dissident [[feminist]], has been a professor at [[The University of the Arts]] in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania|PA]] since 1984. She wrote ''[[Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson]]'' (1990), a best-selling work of literary criticism, among other books and essays. She also wrote an analysis of [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[The Birds (film)|The Birds]]'', and ''Break, Blow, Burn'' on poetry. She writes articles on art, popular culture, feminism, and politics. Paglia has celebrated [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]] and taken radical libertarian positions on controversial social issues such as [[abortion]], [[homosexuality]], and drug use. She is known as a critic of [[American feminism]], and is also strongly critical of the influence of [[20th-century French philosophy|French philosopher]]s such as [[Jacques Lacan]], [[Jacques Derrida]], and [[Michel Foucault]]. |
| - | She is a professor of [[humanities]] and [[media studies]] in the United States. She has been variously called the "feminist that other feminists love to hate," a "post-feminist feminist," [[The 2005 Global Intellectuals Poll|one of the world's top 100 intellectuals]], and by her own description "a [[feminist]] [[bisexual]] [[egomaniac]]." | ||
| == Key concepts == | == Key concepts == | ||
| *[[Black music]] | *[[Black music]] | ||
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| == Selected bibliography == | == Selected bibliography == | ||
| - | *''[[Sexual Personae]]'' | + | *''[[Sexual Personae]]'' (1990) |
| - | *''[[Sex, Art, and American Culture]]'' | + | *''[[Sex, Art, and American Culture]]'' ( 1992) |
| + | *''[[Vamps and Tramps]]'' (1994) | ||
| + | * ''The Birds'' ([[British Film Institute|BFI Film Classics]]) (1998) {{ISBN|0-851-70651-7}} | ||
| + | * ''[[Break, Blow, Burn|Break, Blow, Burn: Camille Paglia Reads Forty-three of the World's Best Poems]]'' (2005) | ||
| + | * ''[[Glittering Images|Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars]]'' (2012) | ||
| + | * ''[[Free Women, Free Men|Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, and Feminism]]'' (2017) | ||
| + | * ''Provocations: Collected Essays'' (2018) | ||
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| + | ==Influences on Paglia's Work== | ||
| + | Thinkers, writers, and artists whose work has apparently or admittedly had a strong impact on Paglia's thought include: | ||
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| + | *[[Gaston Bachelard]] | ||
| + | *[[Simone de Beauvoir]] | ||
| + | *[[Ingmar Bergman]] | ||
| + | *[[Harold Bloom]] | ||
| + | *[[Norman O. Brown]] | ||
| + | *[[Kenneth Clark]] | ||
| + | *[[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]] | ||
| + | *[[Patrick Dennis]] | ||
| + | *[[Emily Dickinson]] | ||
| + | *[[Emile Durkheim]] | ||
| + | *[[Mircea Eliade]] | ||
| + | *[[Lewis Richard Farnell]] | ||
| + | *[[Sandor Ferenczi]] | ||
| + | *[[Leslie Fiedler]] | ||
| + | *[[James George Frazer]] | ||
| + | *[[Sigmund Freud]] | ||
| + | *[[Allen Ginsberg]] | ||
| + | *[[Erving Goffman]] | ||
| + | *[[Germaine Greer]] | ||
| + | *[[Jane Ellen Harrison]] | ||
| + | *[[Arnold Hauser]] | ||
| + | *[[Carl Jung]] | ||
| + | *[[G. Wilson Knight]] | ||
| + | *[[Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing]] | ||
| + | *[[D. H. Lawrence]] | ||
| + | *[[Joseph Losey]] | ||
| + | *[[Mary McCarthy]] | ||
| + | *[[Marshall McLuhan]] | ||
| + | *[[Erich Neumann]] | ||
| + | *[[Dorothy Parker]] | ||
| + | *[[Walter Pater]] | ||
| + | *[[Plutarch]] | ||
| + | *[[Denis de Rougemont]] | ||
| + | *[[Marquis de Sade]] | ||
| + | *[[Susan Sontag]] | ||
| + | *[[Oswald Spengler]] | ||
| + | *[[Edmund Spenser]] | ||
| + | *[[Rod Serling]] | ||
| + | *[[Parker Tyler]] | ||
| + | *[[Andy Warhol]] | ||
| + | *[[Alan Watts]] | ||
| + | *[[Oscar Wilde]] | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Paglia on Madonna]] | ||
| + | *[[Gender essentialism]] | ||
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"As a fan of football and rock music, I see in the simple, swaggering masculinity of the jock and in the noisy posturing of the heavy-metal guitarist certain fundamental, unchanging truths about sex. Masculinity is aggressive, unstable, combustible. Women must reorient themselves toward the elemental power of sex, which can strengthen or destroy."--Camille Paglia "There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper." --"Return of the Great Mother: Rousseau vs. Sade" in Sexual Personae (1990) by Camille Paglia "If civilization had been left in female hands, we would still be living in grass huts." --ibid "Patriarchy, routinely blamed for everything, produced the birth control pill, which did more to free contemporary women than feminism itself." --Vamps and Tramps (1994) "For a decade, feminists have drilled their disciples to say, “Rape is a crime of violence but not of sex.” This sugar-coated Shirley Temple nonsense has exposed young women to disaster. Misled by feminism, they do not expect rape from the nice boys from good homes who sit next to them in class." --"Rape and Modern Sex War", [New York Newsday, January 27, 1991], cited in Free Women, Free Men (2017) |
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Camille Anna Paglia (born April 2, 1947) is an American author, teacher, and social critic. Paglia, a self-described dissident feminist, has been a professor at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA since 1984. She wrote Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990), a best-selling work of literary criticism, among other books and essays. She also wrote an analysis of Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, and Break, Blow, Burn on poetry. She writes articles on art, popular culture, feminism, and politics. Paglia has celebrated Madonna and taken radical libertarian positions on controversial social issues such as abortion, homosexuality, and drug use. She is known as a critic of American feminism, and is also strongly critical of the influence of French philosophers such as Jacques Lacan, Jacques Derrida, and Michel Foucault.
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Key concepts
- Black music
- American culture
- Popular culture
- War of the sexes
- Apollonian and Dionysian
- Death of the avant-garde
Selected bibliography
- Sexual Personae (1990)
- Sex, Art, and American Culture ( 1992)
- Vamps and Tramps (1994)
- The Birds (BFI Film Classics) (1998) Template:ISBN
- Break, Blow, Burn: Camille Paglia Reads Forty-three of the World's Best Poems (2005)
- Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars (2012)
- Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, and Feminism (2017)
- Provocations: Collected Essays (2018)
Influences on Paglia's Work
Thinkers, writers, and artists whose work has apparently or admittedly had a strong impact on Paglia's thought include:
- Gaston Bachelard
- Simone de Beauvoir
- Ingmar Bergman
- Harold Bloom
- Norman O. Brown
- Kenneth Clark
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Patrick Dennis
- Emily Dickinson
- Emile Durkheim
- Mircea Eliade
- Lewis Richard Farnell
- Sandor Ferenczi
- Leslie Fiedler
- James George Frazer
- Sigmund Freud
- Allen Ginsberg
- Erving Goffman
- Germaine Greer
- Jane Ellen Harrison
- Arnold Hauser
- Carl Jung
- G. Wilson Knight
- Richard Freiherr von Krafft-Ebing
- D. H. Lawrence
- Joseph Losey
- Mary McCarthy
- Marshall McLuhan
- Erich Neumann
- Dorothy Parker
- Walter Pater
- Plutarch
- Denis de Rougemont
- Marquis de Sade
- Susan Sontag
- Oswald Spengler
- Edmund Spenser
- Rod Serling
- Parker Tyler
- Andy Warhol
- Alan Watts
- Oscar Wilde
See also
