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Detachment is the prerogative of an elite; and as the dandy is the nineteenth century's surrogate for the aristocrat in matters ofculture, so camp is the modern dandyism. camp is the answer to the problem: how to be a dandy in the age of mass culture.
-Susan Sontag
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Detachment Is The Prerogative Of An Elite;

Susan Sontag
Detachment is the prerogative of an elite; and as the dandy is the nineteenth century's surrogate for the aristocrat in matters ofculture, so camp is the modern dandyism. camp is the answer to the problem: how to be a dandy in the age of mass culture.
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