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Published by Peter Smith Publisher.
Illness As Metaphor And AIDS And Its Metaphors
by Susan Sontag
Susan Sontag: Illness As Metaphor And AIDS And Its Metaphors (Hardcover, Peter Smith Publisher)
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- 978-0-8446-6827-7
- OCLC Number:
- 231674094
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In 1978, while recovering from cancer, Susan Sontag wrote Illness as metaphor, the celebrated essay on the invented and often punitive uses of illness in our culture. It was not surprising that a decade later, after the advent of AIDS, Sontag felt compelled to write a sequel that would counter the almost universal labeling of AIDS as a "plague". Published together in one volume these works are brimming with humane and original ideas about disease and the modern condition.
In 1978, while recovering from cancer, Susan Sontag wrote Illness as metaphor, the celebrated essay on the invented and often punitive uses of illness in our culture. It was not surprising that a decade later, after the advent of AIDS, Sontag felt compelled to write a sequel that would counter the almost universal labeling of AIDS as a "plague". Published together in one volume these works are brimming with humane and original ideas about disease and the modern condition.
Subjects
- Sociology - Social Theory
- Consumer Health