Thrift Stores, Garage Sales, and Flea Markets:
Pop Culture, “Camp” and Ethics
In general, someone with a camp sensitivity implicitly recognizes that no
matter how something is typically seen, it can always be re-invented, made to
mean something else. Using cans of Spam for book ends, the front of a Frosted
Flakes cereal box for a postcard, or a pine tree air freshener as a necklace are all
examples of this.
To understand and use the tenn '‘camp” requires a certain disposition and
attitude. “Campers” mock cliche and what is (blatantly) marketed to the public.
Style without content is detected and enjoyed. Campers take spir