Illness As Metaphor;Aids And Its Metaphors by Susan Sontag

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Illness As Metaphor;Aids And Its Metaphors by Susan Sontag

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Summary

Two essays on the fantasies concocted around conditions such as cancer and tuberculosis in cultural history. The author argues that illness is not a metaphor and demonstrates such by using examples of metaphors and images of illness taken from medical and psychiatric thinking.

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Illness As Metaphor;Aids And Its Metaphors by Susan Sontag

Two essays on the fantasies concocted around conditions such as cancer and tuberculosis in cultural history. The author argues that illness is not a metaphor and demonstrates such by using examples of metaphors and images of illness taken from medical and psychiatric thinking.

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ISBN 13 9780140124279
ISBN 10 0140124276
Title Illness As Metaphor;Aids And Its Metaphors
Author Susan Sontag
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 1991-08-29
Number of pages 192
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