Alzheimer's disease memoirs : Poetics of the forgetting self 1st ed.

Author

• Nayar, Pramod K

Additional Author(s)

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Publisher

Singapore : Springer Singapore, 2021

Language

English

ISBN

9789811661129

Series

Subject(s)

• CAREGIVERS WRITINGS
• PATIENTS WRITINGS
• ALZHEIMERS DISEASE--PATIENTS

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Abstract

This book examines writings by people living with Alzheimer's Disease and their caregivers. Its focus areas include the construction of the self in the face of diminishing linguistic and cognitive abilities, the stigmatization of ageing, the various narrative strategies that these texts (often collaborative) employ, the health activism and advocacy generated via a 'biosociality,' and the ethics of care. It examines the 'disease writing' genre about a condition that ravages the ability to use language. It serves as a "literary" examination of the work done in this area through a critical reading of the memoirs of those with AD and caregivers and a healthy dose of literary theory. The book is a valuable resource for those interested in literary and critical theory and researchers in the field of ageing/dementia studies.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

1 online resource (xiii, 153 p.)

Dimension

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Other Desc.

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Summary / Review / Table of Content

Chapter 1. Introduction: Writing the New Wounded
Chapter 2. The Wounded Self
Chapter 3. The Wounded Narrative
Chapter 4. Biosociality, Biovalue and the AD Commons
Chapter 5. Questions of Care
Bibliography

Exemplar(s)

#	Accession No.	Call Number	Location	Status
1.	00730/22	616.83110092 Nay A	Online !	Available