{"product_id":"susan-sontag-illness-as-metaphor-aids-and-its-metaphors","title":"Susan Sontag: Illness as Metaphor \u0026 Aids and its Metaphors","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePenguin Classics, 2009, Softcover, 192 pages, 13 x 19.8 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSontag wrote\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIllness as Metaphor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 1978\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e while suffering from breast cancer herself. In her study she reveals that 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 - a disease; 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, stigmatized disease replete with mystifications and punitive metaphors, Sontag wrote \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAids and Its Metaphors\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, extending the argument of the earlier book to the AIDS pandemic.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ICA Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56462414971264,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0012\/4390\/6109\/files\/41lT4QPthoL._SY445_SX342_ControlCacheEqualizer.jpg?v=1756287512","url":"https:\/\/shop.ica.art\/products\/susan-sontag-illness-as-metaphor-aids-and-its-metaphors","provider":"ICA Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}