MedHum1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: The New York Times, Kalaupapa Leprosy Settlement And National Historical Park, Susan Sontag
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*susan sontag, aids and its metaphors (1989), pp. * ebola"s cultural casualty: hugs in a hands-on land, 4 october 2014, new york. Times: briefly describe the metaphors that have been used to describe aids. The process of aids has been described as an invasion, while the transmission of the disease is akin to pollution because one gets it from contaminated blood or bodily fluids. It is also described as an enemy invading a fortress. The body"s immune system is a defense system while the virus is an invader avoiding all the body"s attempts at killing it off. Science fiction metaphors are also common, describing aids to be armed with high- tech weaponry and technology. The virus is like an alien taking over a foreign planet. Aids can be thought of as a series of stages, with hiv as the first, followed by aids- related complex (arc), and aids. Sontag states that the main metaphor used to describe.
