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Illness as metaphor ; and, AIDS and its metaphors

Sontag, Susan, 1933-20042005
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As a cancer patient in the 1970s, Susan Sontag wrote 'Illness as a Metaphor' to show how the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of the patients. The second essay extends the argument to the AIDS pandemic.
Main title:
Illness as metaphor ; and, AIDS and its metaphors / Susan Sontag.
Author:
Sontag, Susan, 1933-2004
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2002.
Collation:
180 p. ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Penguin classics
Notes:
Originally published: 1991.
ISBN:
9780141187129 (pbk)
Language:
English
Added title:
AIDS and its metaphors
Subject:
Cancer -- Social aspectsCancer in literatureAIDS (Disease) -- Social aspectsMetaphorTuberculosis in literatureHealth and Wellbeing
BRN:
14329
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