This is a sequel to Susan Sontag's book "Illness as Metaphor". She extends her original theories to argue that our metaphors for AIDS and its effects may be damaging: they suggest an apocalypse in personal and social terms that may be unhelpful for sufferers and inaccurate for society as a whole.
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This is a sequel to Susan Sontag's book "Illness as Metaphor". She extends her original theories to argue that our metaphors for AIDS and its effects may be damaging: they suggest an apocalypse in personal and social terms that may be unhelpful for sufferers and inaccurate for society as a whole.
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Add this copy of Aids and Its Metaphors to cart. $5.00, like new condition, Sold by Bob's Book Journey rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Austin, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1989 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
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Fine. Book Softcover, 95 pp. Excellent condition. Susan Sontag's now classic essay on the invented and often punitive uses of an illness as a metaphor of our culture.
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Very Good + in very good + jacket. First printing. "Susan Sontag's now classic essay on the invented and often punitive uses of illness as a figure or metaphor in our culture. " [from the jacket]. A clean unmarked copy.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book FIRST PRINTING of the First Edition (stated). An essay reflecting the author's view considering how AIDS is encumbered and distorted by myth, metaphor, and attitude, seeing it as a 'plague' and something apocalyptic, and how such views rellect upon attitudes and views towards sexuality and catastrophe itself. Hardcover with dust jacket, 95pp. A very nice copy. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall.
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Good. Good condition. Book Club edition. (aids, disease, social aspects ) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
Add this copy of Aids and Its Metaphors to cart. $14.96, very good condition, Sold by Basement Seller 101 rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cincinnati, OH, UNITED STATES, published 1991 by The Noonday Press/Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
