EPISODE · Mar 1, 2018 · 4H 37M
Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors by Susan Sontag
from Tune In To Your Day With A Transformative Full Audiobook. · host Susan Sontag
https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/25149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors Author: Susan Sontag Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: mp3 Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins Release date: 03-01-18 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 127 ratings Genres: Sexual & Reproductive Health Publisher's Summary: 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.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/25149 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors Author: Susan Sontag Narrator: Tavia Gilbert Format: mp3 Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins Release date: 03-01-18 Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 127 ratings Genres: Sexual & Reproductive Health Publisher's Summary: 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.
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