AIDS and Its Metaphors

AIDS and Its Metaphors

1st Edition

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Publisher's Synopsis

Considers the metaphors with which acquired immune deficiency syndrome is cloaked, the presentation of the illness as a plague, and its bearing on the way society views disease, sexuality, and catastrophe.

Book information

ISBN: 9780374102579
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Imprint: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub date:
Edition: 1st Edition
DEWEY: 306.461
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 95
Weight: 249g
Height: 211mm
Width: 132mm
Spine width: 15mm