Why Angela Won’t Go Swimming

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Camping Out: An Introduction 1
5. Notes Home from Camp, by Susan Sontag 25
6. Part I. Camp Sites
7. “The most curious” of all “queer societies”? 31
8. Queer Pedagogy at Indian Brook Camp 51
9. “No Trespassing” 65
10. Nation- Bonding 83
11. Notes on Church Camp 99
12. Queer at Camp 114
13. The Camping Ground “Down Under” 132
14. Part II. Camp Stories
15. Camping with Walt Disney’s Paul Bunyan 149
16. Illegal Citizen 157
17. Why Angela Won’t Go Swimming 174
18. Striking Camp 188
19. Escape to Moonrise Kingdom 211
20. “Finding We’Wha” 223
21. Acknowledgments 241
22. Works Cited 243
23. Contributors 263
24. Index 267