Illness As Metaphor ; And, AIDS And Its
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| Originally published | 1989 |
| Authors | Susan Sontag |
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| ID | 1232181 |
About Illness As Metaphor ; And, AIDS And Its
"AIDS brings together two powerful metaphors about illness. First, AIDS develops further the theme (seen earlier in cancer) of disease as invader: the enemy invades and destroys you from within. Thus, AIDS strengthens the use of military metaphors in medicine. . . .
