Camille Paglia | |
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![]() Paglia in 2017 | |
Born | Camille Anna Paglia April 2, 1947 Endicott, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Professor, cultural critic |
Education | Binghamton University (BA) Yale University (MA, PhD) |
Subjects | Popular culture, art, poetry, sex, film, feminism, politics |
Literary movement | Individualist feminism |
Camille Anna Paglia (/ˈpɑːliə/; born April 2, 1947) is an American academic, social critic and feminist. Paglia was a professor at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1984 until the university's closure in 2024.[1] She is critical of many aspects of modern culture[2][3] and is the author of Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (1990) and other books. She is also a critic of contemporary American feminism and of post-structuralism, as well as a commentator on multiple aspects of American culture such as its visual art, music, and film history.