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AIDS and its metaphors by Susan Sontag · Booklabria

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AIDS and its metaphors

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First published: 1979
Editions: 17 in 4 languages

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A book by Susan Sontag, first published in 1979. Open Library records 17 editions, in English, French, Spanish and German; the English edition is from Penguin, 1990, 95 pages.

Subjects: Social aspects
Aspect social
Social change
AIDS
Gesellschaft
Maladies

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Editions

17 in 4 languages

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English6 French4 Spanish3 German2

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