AIDS occupies such a large ... by Susan Sontag, an American Author

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“AIDS occupies such a large part in our awareness because of what it has been taken to represent. It seems the very model of all the catastrophes privileged populations feel await them.”

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Susan Sontag

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Name: Susan Sontag

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Jan 28, 1933

Date of Death: Dec 28, 2004

Profession: Author

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