“Camp,” Mae West told Playboy, “is the kinda comedy where they imitate me.” But what was West doing, if not camp itself? Guilty Pleasures put women back into the history of camp, a story long confined to gay male practice. Emphasizing the distinctive roles women have played as producers and consumers of camp, Pamela RObertson links her subject to feminist discussions of gender parody, performance and spectatorship. Her book offers a heady tour of social and cultural criticism at its most interesting, and popular culture at its most flamboyant.