Illness as Metaphor Aids and Its Metaphors

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In these groundbreaking studies, Sontag strips away the myths that surround the two most stigmatized diseases of our time

Sontag wrote Illness as Metaphor in 1978, 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 Aids and Its Metaphors, extending the argument of the earlier book to the AIDS pandemic.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780141187129
Published: July 2009

Number of pages: 192
Width: 128 mm
Height: 196 mm
Depth: 16 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd