by Susan Sontag · Editorial Empúries · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475965093
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In this essay, Susan Sontag analyzes how diseases, particularly cancer, have been historically used as metaphors in society. Sontag seeks to strip cancer of its symbolic stigma, arguing that it is simply a disease and not a reflection of corruption or social injustice. Through her analysis, the author invites a deep reflection on the perception and treatment of diseases in the cultural and social context.
Susan Lee Sontag was an American writer and critic. She primarily wrote essays, but also published novels; she published her first major work, the essay "Notes on 'Camp' ", in 1964. Her best-known works include the critical works Against Interpretation (1966), On Photography (1977), Illness as Metaphor (1978) and Regarding the Pain of Others (2003), the short story "The Way We Live Now" (1986) and the novels The Volcano Lover (1992) and In America (1999).
