The Poetics and Politics of Alzheimer's Disease Life-Writing.

• Superior document: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine Series
• Author: Zimmermann, Martina.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2017.; Ã2017.
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (172 pages)

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.