Metaphors of disease

Illness as Metaphor & AIDS and Its Metaphors

This book, one of Susan Sontag's most celebrated works of literary criticism, includes two of her seminal essays, "Disease as Metaphor" and "AIDS and Its Metaphor." In these essays, Sontag reflects on and critiques how diseases like tuberculosis, AIDS, and cancer have become increasingly metaphorical in social interpretations, transforming from mere physical illnesses into moral critiques and, ultimately, political oppression. Originally serialized in The New York Review of Books, the essays were so resoundingly popular that they were compiled and published several times over the years, becoming classics of social criticism.

2020-07-01

上海译文出版社

187

9787532785124