Description: When society does not understand a specific disease, the reaction is to construct fantasies about it. The metaphorical packaging of AIDS, Sontag argues, increases the suffering of the afflicted while creating unneeded anxiety among the population at large. The disease is felt to be obscene, its name becomes a curse, and its diagnosis a death sentence. The stigma and fantasies attached to the disease kill because they discourage patients from aggressively asking the questions and seeking the treatment that might save their lives.
Price: 145 USD
Location: Carrollton, Texas
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Special Attributes: Signed / First Edition / Dust Jacket
Author: Susan Sontag
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Topic: AIDS / HIV / Disease / Stigma
Subject: AIDS / Nonfiction / Disease / HIV
Original/Facsimile: Original
