The Poetics and Politics of Alzheimer's Disease Life-Writing.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing AG,
2017.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Series: | Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine Series
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- The Poetics and Politics of Alzheimer's Disease Life-Writing
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- 1 Introduction
- Alzheimer's Disease and Narrative Theory: Is 'Narrating Dementia' an Oxymoron?
- Conscientious Criticism: Mapping My Reading of Dementia Life-Writing
- Sifting Dementia Narratives
- 2 Of Wives and Daughters: Stereotypes of the Caring Female?
- The Lost Identity: Alzheimer's Disease, Adult Children and the Past
- Times Are Changing: 'Mothers' and Lovers
- Perceived Caregiver Burden and Patient Identity Condition Each Other
- 3 From a 'Care-Free' Distance: Sons Talking About Cultural Concepts
- Body and Mind: The Patient as Object
- Alzheimer's and Aging: The Patient as Subject
- Historical, Cultural and Personal Context Influence Attitudes to Dementia
- 4 About Tradition and Triumph: Patients Popularise Dementia Narrative
- Tradition Sells: The Journey into Darkness
- Form and Contents: Narrating Alzheimer's versus 'Account-Ability'
- Collaborative Writing Meets Societal Norms and Political Intentions
- 5 On Reclaiming Authority: The Enabling Discourse of Alzheimer's Disease
- Times Are Changing II: Patient Activism
- Identity within Dementia: The Patient as Postmodern Prophet?
- The Patient's World Advises Caregiver and Society
- 6 Conclusion
- Alzheimer's Disease Narratives Today: New Media, Germane Stories
- Stories of Dementia: Pedagogical, Political, Representative
- Bibliography of Dementia Narratives
- Caregiver Narratives
- Patient Narratives
- Works Cited
- Index.