The Pornographic Imagination, by Susan Sontag, THE PARTISAN REVIEW

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The Pornographic Imagination

by Susan Sontag

The Partisan Review, Spring 1967, pp. 181-212

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    16. --- by Susan Sontag, pp. 51-58
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    19. The Diseases of Costume by Roland Barthes, pp. 82-97
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    2. Part of the Vigil by James Merrill, pp. 213-214
    3. From Bachelard to Barthes by Leo Bersani, pp. 215-232
    4. Kitchenette by Ronald Tavel, pp. 233-250
    5. What's Happening to America (Round II) by Sidney Hook, pp. 251-253
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