AIDS and Its Metaphors
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AIDS and Its Metaphors is a critical essay that examines the cultural, political, and linguistic metaphors surrounding the AIDS epidemic and their impact on how the disease and its sufferers are perceived.
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Target entity: AIDS and Its Metaphors Context triple: [Susan Sontag, wrote, AIDS and Its Metaphors]
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The Band Played On
"The Band Played On" is a popular late-19th-century American waltz song best known for its catchy refrain about Casey who would waltz with a strawberry blonde.
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And the Band Played On
"And the Band Played On" is a 1993 HBO docudrama film about the early years of the AIDS epidemic, adapted from Randy Shilts's non-fiction book of the same name.
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Infections and Inequalities
"Infections and Inequalities" is a seminal book by physician-anthropologist Paul Farmer that examines how poverty, social injustice, and global power imbalances shape the distribution and treatment of infectious diseases.
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Hope and Suffering
Hope and Suffering is a collection of sermons and reflections by Archbishop Desmond Tutu that explores faith, justice, and resilience amid the struggle against apartheid in South Africa.
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Surgeon General’s Report on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
The Surgeon General’s Report on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is a landmark 1986 U.S. public health document that provided clear, science-based information on HIV/AIDS to the American public and helped shape national awareness and policy during the early years of the epidemic.
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Target entity: AIDS and Its Metaphors Target entity description: AIDS and Its Metaphors is a critical essay that examines the cultural, political, and linguistic metaphors surrounding the AIDS epidemic and their impact on how the disease and its sufferers are perceived.
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A.
The Band Played On
"The Band Played On" is a popular late-19th-century American waltz song best known for its catchy refrain about Casey who would waltz with a strawberry blonde.
-
B.
And the Band Played On
"And the Band Played On" is a 1993 HBO docudrama film about the early years of the AIDS epidemic, adapted from Randy Shilts's non-fiction book of the same name.
-
C.
Infections and Inequalities
"Infections and Inequalities" is a seminal book by physician-anthropologist Paul Farmer that examines how poverty, social injustice, and global power imbalances shape the distribution and treatment of infectious diseases.
-
D.
Hope and Suffering
Hope and Suffering is a collection of sermons and reflections by Archbishop Desmond Tutu that explores faith, justice, and resilience amid the struggle against apartheid in South Africa.
-
E.
Surgeon General’s Report on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
The Surgeon General’s Report on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is a landmark 1986 U.S. public health document that provided clear, science-based information on HIV/AIDS to the American public and helped shape national awareness and policy during the early years of the epidemic.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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essay ⓘ |
| addresses |
media representations of AIDS
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political responses to AIDS ⓘ public fear surrounding AIDS ⓘ |
| argues |
diseases should be described without punitive metaphors
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metaphors can intensify stigma toward people with AIDS ⓘ |
| author | Susan Sontag ⓘ |
| combinedEditionWith | Illness as Metaphor ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| criticizes |
apocalyptic metaphors for AIDS
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military metaphors for AIDS ⓘ moralizing metaphors for illness ⓘ |
| follows | Illness as Metaphor ⓘ |
| form | extended critical essay ⓘ |
| genre |
cultural criticism
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literary criticism ⓘ medical humanities ⓘ |
| hasPart |
essay on military metaphors for AIDS
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essay on moralizing language about disease ⓘ essay on plague metaphors for AIDS ⓘ |
| influenced |
AIDS studies
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cultural studies of illness ⓘ medical humanities scholarship ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers
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health professionals interested in humanities ⓘ scholars of literature and culture ⓘ |
| isSequelTo | Illness as Metaphor ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
AIDS
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linked to:
HIV/AIDS
illness and society ⓘ metaphor ⓘ public discourse ⓘ stigma ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
analysis of language used about AIDS
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critique of stigmatizing discourse ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1989 ⓘ |
| publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux ⓘ |
| setting | AIDS epidemic of the 1980s ⓘ |
| topic |
blame and guilt in disease narratives
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cultural representations of AIDS ⓘ language of disease ⓘ politics of illness ⓘ social construction of illness ⓘ |
| workChronologyPosition | late work of Susan Sontag ⓘ |
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