The man who insists on high and serious pleasures is depriving himself of pleasure; he continually restricts what he can enjoy; in the constant exercise of his good taste he will eventually price himself out of the market, so to speak.

Susan Sontag

Notes on Camp

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Good taste Taste

Author

Susan Sontag

Source

Notes on Camp Against Interpretation

Medium

Essay

Language

English

Time

1964 1960s 20th century

Occupation

Activist Philosopher Writer

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United States

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Sontag, Susan. "Notes on 'Camp.'" Partisan Review, Fall 1964.

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