{"product_id":"metaphor-in-illness-writing-fight-and-battle-reused-9781399500876","title":"Metaphor in Illness Writing: Fight and Battle Reused","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMetaphor in Illness Writing\u003c\/i\u003e argues that even when a metaphor appears problematic and limiting, it need not be dropped or dismissed. Metaphors are not inherently harmful or beneficial; instead, they can be used in unexpected and creative ways. This book analyses the illness writing of contemporary North American writers who reimagine and reappropriate the supposedly harmful metaphor 'illness is a fight' and shows how Susan Sontag, Audre Lorde, Anatole Broyard, David Foster Wallace and other writers turn the fight metaphor into a space of agency, resistance, self-knowledge and aesthetic pleasure. It joins a conversation in Medical Humanities about alternatives to the predominance of narrative and responds to the call for more metaphor literacy and metaphor competence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Anita Wohlmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/31\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Contemporary Cultural Studies in Illness, Health and Medicine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.71lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.48d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781399500876","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44135590035593,"sku":"9781399500876","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_7027b719-febe-43b3-b450-3dee88f0d93b.jpg?v=1748395084","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/metaphor-in-illness-writing-fight-and-battle-reused-9781399500876","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}