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Popularizing dementia : public expressions and representations of forgetfulness /

How are individual and social ideas of late-onset dementia shaped and negotiated in film, literature, the arts, and the media? And how can the symbolic forms provided by popular culture be adopted and transformed by those affected in order to express their own perspectives? This international and in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Swinnen, Aagje (Editor ), Schweda, Mark (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag, [2015]
Colección:Aging studies ; v. 6.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:How are individual and social ideas of late-onset dementia shaped and negotiated in film, literature, the arts, and the media? And how can the symbolic forms provided by popular culture be adopted and transformed by those affected in order to express their own perspectives? This international and interdisciplinary volume summarizes central current research trends and opens new theoretical and empirical perspectives on dementia in popular culture. It includes contributions by internationally renowned scholars from the humanities, social and cultural gerontology, age(ing) studies, cultural studies, philosophy, and bioethics. Contributions by Lucy Burke, Marlene Goldman, Annette Leibing and others.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (409 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9783839427101
383942710X
3837627101
9783837627107