Research Catalog

Title

Reconsidering dementia narratives : empathy, identity and care / Rebecca A. Bitenc.

Author

Bitenc, Rebecca A.

Publication

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

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Details

Description

xiv, 255 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"Reconsidering Dementia Narratives explores the role of narrative in developing new ways of understanding, interacting with, and caring for people with dementia. It asks how the stories we tell about dementia - in fiction, life writing and film - both reflect and shape the way we think about this important condition. Highlighting the need to attend to embodied and relational aspects of identity in dementia, the study further outlines ways in which narratives may contribute to dementia care, while disputing the idea that the modes of empathy fostered by narrative necessarily bring about more humane care practices. This cross-medial analysis represents an interdisciplinary approach to dementia narratives which range across auto/biography, graphic narrative, novel, film, documentary and collaborative storytelling practices. The book aims to clarify the limits and affordances of narrative, and narrative studies, in relation to an ethically driven medical humanities agenda through the use of case studies. Answering the key question of whether dementia narratives align with or run counter to the dominant discourse of dementia as 'loss of self', this innovative book will be of interest to anyone interested in dementia studies, ageing studies, narrative studies in health care, and critical medical humanities"--

Series Statement

Routledge advances in the medical humanities

Uniform Title

Routledge advances in the medical humanities.

Subjects

• Dementia > Patients > Care
• Narratives

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFE 19-9278

ISBN

• 9780367151348
• 0367151340

LCCN

2019015161

OCLC

1090480508

Author

Bitenc, Rebecca A., author.

Title

Reconsidering dementia narratives : empathy, identity and care / Rebecca A. Bitenc.

Publisher

Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Routledge advances in the medical humanities

Routledge advances in the medical humanities.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Form:

Electronic version: Bitenc, Rebecca. Reconsidering dementia narratives. London : Routledge, 2020 9780429055263 (OCoLC)1107699724

Research Call Number

JFE 19-9278