Illness as Metaphor

Sontag, Susan

Illness as Metaphor

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Susan Sontag - Illness As Metaphor -Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1978).pdf (6.27 MB)

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Sontag, Susan

Date

1978

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11976/613

Abstract

In this short book (downloaded from the Internet Archive, Susan Sontag looks at how we conceptualize serious illnesses, particularly tuberculosis in the 19th century and cancer in the 20th century. "Illness as Metaphor" is a groundbreaking work that examines how we view and describe these illnesses in metaphorical terms than have significant adverse implications for the people suffering from serious illness. Click on the View/Open link to read the book.

Keywords

Sontag, Susan, illness as Meaphor, Social Critics and Social Criticsm, Authors, United States

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Social Critics and Social Criticism

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