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Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and its Metaphors

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In these two texts, Sontag shows how the metaphors surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of the patients and often inhibit them from seeking proper treatment. Examples of metaphor are taken from medical and psychiatric thinking, as well as literary sources.

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Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and its Metaphors, Susan Sontag

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1991
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Idioma
Inglés
Editorial
Penguin
Publicado en
1991
Formato
Tapa blanda
Páginas
192
ISBN10
0141187123
ISBN13
9780141187129
Serie
Calificación
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In these two texts, Sontag shows how the metaphors surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of the patients and often inhibit them from seeking proper treatment. Examples of metaphor are taken from medical and psychiatric thinking, as well as literary sources.