Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors by Susan Sontag #joyce acidly witty

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Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors by Susan Sontag #joyce acidly wittySontag 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