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Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors
by
Susan Sontag
About this title: 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 ...
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Illness as Metaphor and Aids and Its Metaphors
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Sontag, Susan
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Edition: First ed.
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13: 9780374102579
ISBN: 0374102570
Description: Very Good. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 128 p. read more
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Aids and Its Metaphors
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Susan Sontag
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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780374102579
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Description: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: VERY GOOD. read more
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Aids and Its Metaphors
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Sontag, Susan
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 1989-01-01
ISBN-13: 9780374102579
ISBN: 0374102570
Description: Very Good. TRADE PAPERBACK. Near fine. Very slight general wear. Owner info inside cover-label markered out. Pages clean, tight, straight, unmarked. Vague inside tanning possible. read more
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Aids and Its Metaphors
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Sontag, Susan
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Edition: 1st ed.
Binding: Hard cover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13: 9780374102579
ISBN: 0374102570
Description: Good in Good dust jacket. Ex-Library. Back, blank flap removed by library. Unknown printing. (jkt. ): 95 p.; 22 cm. read more
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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780374102579
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Description: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: GOOD. read more
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Illness as Metaphor and Aids and Its Metaphors
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Susan Sontag
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Description: Good. Good condition overall. Little Wear. Worn cover. Name of former owner written on paste down or fly. Some underlining / highlighting. read more
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Aids and Its Metaphors
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Sontag, Susan
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Edition: 1st Edition Stated
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13: 9780374102579
ISBN: 0374102570
Description: Near Fine in Very Good+ jacket. 0.6 x 8.5 x 5.5 Inches. 0374102570. Very nice copy, clean, crisp. Unmarked, no underlining, no highlighting, no owner name or inscription, etc. Mild tone to jacket. Scanned image available. read more
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Illness as Metaphor & Aids and Its Metaphors
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Sontag, Susan
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Binding: Trade Paperback.
Publisher: Picador
Date Published: 2001-08-25
ISBN-13: 9780312420130
ISBN: 0312420137
Description: Very good condition. Book. read more
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Aids and Its Metaphors
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Sontag, Susan
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Edition: Stated First Edition
Binding: Hard Cover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, NY
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13: 9780374102579
ISBN: 0374102570
Description: VG+ in VG+ jacket. Discusses the metaphors and attitudes with which the illness of AIDS is encumbered and distorted. A very nice first edition. read more
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AIDS and Metaphors
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Sontag, Susan
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Binding: Hard cover
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13: 9780374102579
ISBN: 0374102570
Description: Good in good dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 95 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
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AIDS and Metaphors
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Sontag, Susan
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Binding: Hard cover
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13: 9780374102579
ISBN: 0374102570
Description: Good in very good dust jacket. pencil marks on a couple pages, nice jacket & boards, text bright. Sewn binding, boards. 95 p. read more
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AIDS and Its Metaphors
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Sontag, Susan
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Binding: Hard cover
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13: 9780374102579
ISBN: 0374102570
Description: Very good in good dust jacket. Price clipped. nice clean used copy. Sewn binding, boards. 95 p. read more
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Aids and Its Metaphors
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Sontag, Susan
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Edition: 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13: 9780374102579
ISBN: 0374102570
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 95 pgs. Stated First Edition. Price clipped DJ. VG+ Condition. Only some very minor edgewear. Nice clean book. No writing or marking. read more
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Illness as Metaphor and Aids and Its Metaphors
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Susan Sontag
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Picador
Date Published: 2001-08-25
ISBN-13: 9780312420130
ISBN: 0312420137
Description: Good. Reliable descriptions. Careful packing. Tight, bright copy, less than 10% of pages contain brief highlighting in pale yellow, almost invisible. Cover is in Like New conditon. read more
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Aids and Its Metaphors
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Sontag, Susan
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Edition: Second Printing
Binding: Clothbound Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, New York NY
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13: 9780374102579
ISBN: 0374102570
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. Apparently as new, the nearly pristine textblock of this truly great-looking hardcover is exceedingly clean, amazingly tight, square and carries absolutely no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. The cloth coverboards are very clean, bright and show only the most minor shelving sign. The dustjacket is very clean, bright, uncreased, unclipped and shows only minor finish rubbing and shelving sign to the edges and corners. read more
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Aids and Its Metaphors
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Sontag, Susan
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Edition: Stated First Edition
Binding: Hard Cover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13: 9780374102579
ISBN: 0374102570
Description: Nearfine/Nearfine. 0374102570 Clean and unmarked. read more
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Illness as Metaphor and Aids and Its Metaphors
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Susan Sontag
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Binding: Softcover
ISBN-13: 9780312420130
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Description: New. NO EXPEDITED SHIPPING! Brand new item. read more
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Aids and Its Metaphors
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Sontag, Susan
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Edition: stated 1st
Binding: hard
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
Date Published: c1988, 1989
ISBN-13: 9780374102579
ISBN: 0374102570
Description: fine, fine dj, silver-stamped slate blue cloth. Tight. Giftable! 95 pgs, ISBN: 0-374-10257-0. No names, clean text. read more
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Aids and Its Metaphors
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Sontag, Susan
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Binding: Hard Cover
Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1988
ISBN-13: 9780374102579
ISBN: 0374102570
Description: Good in Good jacket. 1989 HC/DJ, Ex Library with Mylar cover, usual markings, has scuff marks, price clipped, pages clean. read more
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Aids and Its Metaphors
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Sontag, Susan
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13: 9780374102579
ISBN: 0374102570
Description: Very Good Plus. Very Good Plus Dust Jacket. IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE. read more
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Aids and Its Metaphors
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Sontag, Susan
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USA
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13: 9780374102579
ISBN: 0374102570
Description: HardCover in DustJacket. FINE/NEAR FINE. Clean, Bright and Unmarked. Binding Straight and Tight. read more
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Aids and Its Metaphors
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Sontag, Susan
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Edition: First Edition, So Stated.
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13: 9780374102579
ISBN: 0374102570
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Pristeen copy. Sontag reasons that by attaching non-medical descriptions to some diseases, society creates a generalized fear or hostility toward these illnesses and their suffereers. read more
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Illness as Metaphor and Aids and Its Metaphors
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Susan Sontag
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Binding: Softcover
ISBN-13: 9780312420130
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Susan Sontag
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