Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors

Explore the profound insights of Susan Sontag in 'Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors.' This influential work delves into the cultural perceptions of illness, particularly cancer and AIDS, revealing how profound metaphors shape our understanding and experience of these diseases. With keen analysis, Sontag confronts the damaging stereotypes and social stigmas surrounding these illnesses, emphasizing that they are, at their core, medical conditions, not moral judgments. This book is essential for anyone wanting to understand the intersection of health, society, and meaning. With 192 pages of compelling prose, readers will appreciate Sontag's ability to demystify the narratives that often accompany illness, promoting a more straightforward view of disease. 'Illness as Metaphor' serves as a critical resource for students, health professionals, and anyone interested in the societal implications of illness and health communication. The paperback format (B-format) from Penguin UK, published in 2003, ensures easy readability and portability. Get your copy today and benefit from our FREE shipping offer. Please note, combined shipping for other products is not available with this item, and shipping may take up to 10 days.

Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9780141187129
Format: B-format paperback
Year: 2003
Publisher: Penguin UK
Pages: 192


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In l978 Sontag wrote Illness As Metaphor. A cancer patient herself at the time, she shows how 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 - just a disease. Cancer is not a curse, not a punishment, certainly not an embarrassment, and highly curable, if good treatment is found early enough. Almost a decade later, with the outbreak of a new, stigmatised disease replete with mystifications and punitive metaphors, Sontag wrote Aids and its Metaphors, extending the argument of the earlier book to the AIDS pandemic.

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