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Illness as Metaphor is a 1978 work of critical theory by Susan Sontag, in which she challenged the victim-blaming in the language that is often used to describe diseases and the people affected by them.
Jan 1, 1978 · Published in 1978, shortly after Sontag herself was diagnosed with leukemia, Illness as Metaphor is a long polemical essay with two central arguments: 1) that certain diseases—notably tuberculosis prior to the 1940s, and cancer in the modern era—have accrued complex networks of cultural associations, which are often moralistic in nature and ...
Susan Sontag argues that language has served to blame victims for diseases such as tuberculosis and cancer, expressing a psychological judgement on them. She proposes a purified language that views a disease as only a disease, rather than as evidence of a terribly flawed character.
Sep 5, 2023 · Susan Sontag explores the language of disease and its connotations in her book Illness as Metaphor. She examines how the metaphors of cancer and tuberculosis affect the sufferers and their treatment.
Jan 26, 1978 · Sontag argues that illness is not a metaphor and that using it as such is harmful and unproductive. She examines the common metaphors of illness as war, punishment, or disease and suggests alternatives based on reality and empathy.
Dec 12, 2011 · Illness as metaphor : Sontag, Susan, 1933- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive. A square with an arrow arcing out from the center of the square. (1 of 104)
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.
