Illness as Metaphor & Aids and Its Metaphors
by:
Susan Sontag (author)
Sontag wrote Illness as Metaphor in 1978, while suffering from breast cancer herself. In her study she reveals that the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of the patients and often inhibit them from seeking proper treatment. By...
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Sontag wrote Illness as Metaphor in 1978, while suffering from breast cancer herself. In her study she reveals that the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of the patients and often inhibit them from seeking proper treatment. By demystifying the fantasies surrounding cancer, Sontag shows cancer for what it is -
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Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Modern Classics / Penguin Books Ltd
Pages no: 180
Edition language: English
--Illness as Metaphor--AIDS and Its Metaphors
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