Malignant Metaphor: Confronting Cancer Myths

by Alanna Mitchell

Book Overview

An unprecedented take on cancer and recovery

Why does cancer have such a deadly hold over our collective imagination? Why do we fear it above all else, even bankruptcy, crime, and sudden death? And why is our dread intensifying, despite the fact that many types of cancer are less common than ever, more curable, and far better understood?

Because cancer has become our malignant metaphor, a billboard for our secret sins. We haven't...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1770412689
• ISBN13: 9781770412682
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: ECW Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.7"