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ANCHOR. PAPERBACK. 1989. 0385267053 :Binding: PaperbackSubject: Literary Criticism | Semiotics & TheoryVendor: Anchor Books . Good.
ILLNESS AS METAPHOR by SONTAG, Susan - 1978
by SONTAG, Susan
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ILLNESS AS METAPHOR
by SONTAG, Susan
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NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1978. First printing. 8vo, pp. 87. A nice copy in chipped dj. An essay about our tendency to use illness as a metaphor and to turn to psychological explanations for disease.
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Illness as Metaphor: AIDS and Its Metaphors
by Sontag, Susan
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Illness As Metaphor
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Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1978. Hardcover. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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Illness as Metaphor
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UsedGood. There is light highlighting or handwriting throughout the book. The pages are sun faded and slightly yellowing There is a lot of wear and tear on the cover This is a paperback copy Some foxing on the edges There are some tears on the corners of the spine but doesn't effect biding Fast Shipping - Each order powers our free bookstore in Chicago and sending books to Africa!
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Illness as Metaphor
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Vintage, 1979-05-12. Paperback. Good. Cover is creased and edgeworn. Small rip at fore-edge of front cover. Pages quite tanned. Text free from marks, highlighting and dogears. Spine uncreased.A solid copy showing its age.
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Illness as Metaphor
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U.S.A.: Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 1988 Book. Good. Soft cover. Good with foxing to edges and initial page - o/w clean & tight.
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Illness as Metaphor; and, AIDS and Its Metaphors
by Sontag, Susan
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New York: Picador; Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1989. 183 pages; 21 cm. Tight, clean copy. "In 1978 Susan Sontag wrote Illness as Metaphor, a classic work described by Newsweek as 'one of the most liberating books of its time.' A cancer patient herself when she was writing the book, Sontag shows how the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of patients and often inhibit them from seeking proper treatment. By demystifying the fantasies surrounding cancer, Sontag shows cancer for what it is -- just a disease. Cancer, she argues, is not a curse, not a punishment, certainly not an embarrassment and, it is highly curable, if good treatment is followed. Almost a decade later, with the outbreak of new, stigmatized disease replete with mystifications and punitive metaphors, Sontag wrote a sequel to Illness as Metaphor, extending the argument of the earlier book to the AIDS pandemic. These two essays now published together, Illness as…
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Illness as Metaphor
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