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Illness As Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors
Illness As Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors
Author: Susan Sontag
In 1978 Susan Sontag wrote Illness as Metaphor, a classic work described by Newsweek as "one of the most liberating books of its time." A cancer patient herself when she was writing the book, Sontag shows how the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of patients and often...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780844668277
ISBN-10: 0844668273
Publication Date: 6/1995
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Publisher: Peter Smith Publisher Inc
Book Type: Hardcover
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