A Metaphor for AIDS Youth T-Shirt

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'A Metaphor For AIds' is based on 'AIDS and Its Metaphors' a 1989 work of critical theory by Susan Sontag. In this companion book to her Illness as Metaphor (1978), Sontag extends her arguments about the metaphors attributed to cancer to the AIDS crisis. Sontag explores how attitudes to disease are formed in society, and attempts to deconstruct them.

'Illness as Metaphor' was a response to Sontag’s experiences as a cancer patient, as she noticed that the cultural myths surrounding cancer negatively impacted her as a patient. She finds that, a decade later, cancer is no longer swathed in secrecy and shame, but has been replaced by AIDS as the disease most demonized by society. She finds that the metaphors that we associate with disease contribute not only to stigmatizing the disease, but also stigmatizing those who are ill. She believes that the distractions of metaphors and myths ultimately cause more fatalities from this disease.

Walter O. Neal has shown his work throughout the Washington Metropolitan area, and is highly regarded for the unique, creative vision and artistic excellence he brings to his work. His artwork is in the respective collections of Howard University, the Evans-Tibbs Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, as well as various organizations and private collections in the U.S., and abroad. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Walter is founder and artistic director of AMKA Graphics Studios, which he founded in 1970, while a student at his alma mater, Howard University. He currently resides in Baltimore, Maryland. "My work, whether it is through painting, drawing, photography, graphic design, or digital art, is an expression of my mind's ordering and...

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