Camille Paglia

Camille Paglia
Paglia in 2017
Paglia in 2017
BornCamille Anna Paglia
(1947-04-02) April 2, 1947 (age 77)
Endicott, New York, U.S.
OccupationProfessor, cultural critic
EducationBinghamton University (BA)
Yale University (MA, PhD)
SubjectsPopular culture, art, poetry, sex, film, feminism, politics
Literary movementIndividualist 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.

  1. ^ "Camille Paglia". Staff. U arts.
  2. ^ Birnbaum, Robert (August 3, 2005). "Birnbaum v. Camille Paglia" (interview). The Morning News.
  3. ^ Handler, Richard (May 23, 2009). "An atheist's defence of religion: The paradox of Camille Paglia, the cultural gunslinger". CBC News.

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