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One essay claims that “to talk about [this concept] is therefore to betray it,” but defends the betrayal with “the goal of self-edification.” An essay on this concept asserts that “to name a sensibility… requires a deep sympathy modified by revulsion” and argues “to patronize the faculty of taste is to patronize oneself.” That essay claims that Jean Genet’s (“zhawn zhuh-NAY’s”) ideas exemplify this concept, but his writing style (-5[1])does not. An essay titled (-5[1])for this concept (-5[1])calls it the “glorification of ‘character’” (10[1])and lists examples of it like “the Brown Derby restaurant (10[1])on Sunset Boulevard,” “old Flash Gordon (10[2])comics,” (10[1])and “stag (10[1])movies (10[1])seen (10[1])without lust.” An essay interspersed (10[1])with epigrams from (10[1])Oscar Wilde (10[1])is structured as a 58-part list on this concept, whose “ultimate statement” is “it’s good because (10[1])it’s awful.” (10[3]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])what concept was elucidated in an essay of “Notes” by Susan Sontag? (10[1])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: camp [accept “Notes on ‘Camp’”]
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