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Popularizing Dementia

Public Expressions and Representations of Forgetfulness
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Aging Studies, Volume 6
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 2015

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Edition
1/2015
Copyright Year
2015
ISBN-Print
978-3-8376-2710-7
ISBN-Online
978-3-8394-2710-1
Publisher
transcript, Bielefeld
Series
Aging Studies
Volume
6
Language
English
Pages
410
Product Type
Edited Book

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  1. Frontmatter Full access Pages 1 - 4
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  2. Contents Full access Pages 5 - 8
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  3. Popularizing dementia. Public expressions and representations of forgetfulness No access Pages 9 - 20
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  4. The locus of our dis-ease. Narratives of family life in the age of Alzheimer''s No access Pages 23 - 42
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  5. Deconstructing the American family. Figures of parents with dementia in Jonathan Franzen''s The Corrections and A.M. Homes'' May We Be Forgiven No access Pages 43 - 68
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  6. Purging the world of the Whore and the horror. Gothic and apocalyptic portrayals of dementia in Canadian fiction No access Pages 69 - 88
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  7. Narrating the limits of narration. Alzheimer''s disease in contemporary literary texts No access Pages 89 - 108
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  8. The ''terrifying question mark''. Dementia, fiction, and the possibilities of narrative No access Pages 109 - 134
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  9. Dementia on the canvas. Art and the biopolitics of creativity No access Pages 137 - 162
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  10. Cultural projection of dementia in the Reminiscence Museum. Dynamics of extrapolation No access Pages 163 - 184
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  11. Opening Minds through Art. Students'' constructions of people with dementia No access Pages 185 - 204
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  12. ''Zip!'' Dementia materialized in clothing design No access Pages 205 - 228
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  13. Challenging representations of dementia in contemporary Western fiction film. From epistemic injustice to social participation No access Pages 229 - 252
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  14. Intercorporeal relations and ethical perception. Portrayals of Alzheimer''s disease in Away from Her and En sång för Martin No access Pages 253 - 272
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  15. Dementia in the making. Early detection and the body/brain in Alzheimer''s disease No access Pages 275 - 294
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  16. The meanings of early diagnostics for Alzheimer''s disease in Dutch newspapers. A framing analysis No access Pages 295 - 314
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  17. Respect for autonomy? The contribution of popular magazines to the public understanding of dementia care No access Pages 315 - 332
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  18. Representations of Alzheimer''s disease among non-specialists. A cross-cultural study between Paris and Boston No access Pages 333 - 358
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  19. In the company of robots. Health care and the identity of people with dementia No access Pages 359 - 376
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  20. The zero-degree of dementia. Thinking the gap between subject and substance No access Pages 377 - 402
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  21. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS No access Pages 403 - 404
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  22. AUTHORS No access Pages 405 - 410
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