Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors: AND AIDS and Its Metaphors (Penguin Modern Classics)

Product Details

    Series: Penguin Modern Classics (Book 872)
    Paperback: 192 pages
    Publisher: Penguin Classics (December 5, 2002)
    Language: English
    ISBN-10: 0141187123
    ISBN-13: 978-0141187129
    Product Dimensions: 5.1 x 0.4 x 7.8 inches
    Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces

Editorial Reviews
From Publishers Weekly
"In Illness as Metaphor , Sontag argues that the myths and metaphors surrounding disease can kill by instilling shame and guilt in the sick, thus delaying them from seeking treatment," wrote PW. She sees, and discusses provocatively, a similar process at work in the case of AIDS.
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Review
"Susan Sontag's "Illness as Metaphor "was the first to point out the accusatory side of the metaphors of empowerment that seek to enlist the patient's will to resist disease. It is largely as a result of her work that the how-to health books avoid the blame-ridden term 'cancer personality' and speak more soothingly of 'disease-producing lifestyles' . . . "AIDS and Its Metaphors "extends her critique of cancer metaphors to the metaphors of dread surrounding the AIDS virus. Taken together, the two essays are an exemplary demonstration of the power of the intellect in the face of the lethal metaphors of fear."--Michael Ignatieff, "The New Republic"