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Susan Sontag discusses Tuberculosis

BROADCAST: Jun. 30, 1978 | DURATION: 00:54:26

Synopsis

Sontag reads from "Illness as Metaphor" and discusses differences between diseases, particularly tuberculosis and cancer, regarding historic understanding and cultural representation.

Details

Broadcast Date
Jun. 30, 1978

Physical Format
1 sound tape reel (ca. 54.25 min.) : 10 1/2 in.

Duration
54 minutes, 26 seconds

Digital Format
WAV

Ownership
The Chicago History Museum

Language
English

Topics

Healthcare, Medicine, Mental Health

People

Authors, Writers

Tags

WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Sontag, Susan, 1933---Interviews Authors, American--20th century--Interviews Audiotapes. Radio programs. Sontag, Susan, 1933-,-- interviewee Tuberculosis Cancer Leukemia Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Nicholas Nickleby Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910. Smertʹ Ivana Ilʹicha. English The Death of Ivan Ilyich Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896. Uncle Tom's cabin Tuberculosis in literature Body image Disease Auden, W. H. (Wystan Hugh), 1907-1973. Miss Gee Szent-Györgyi, Albert Kurosawa, Akira. Ikiru Groddeck, Georg, 1866-1934 Reich, Wilhelm, 1897-1957 Laetrile Death Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939 People Against Cancer FOIA Cukor, George, 1899-1983. Camille Illness as Metaphor

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