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Narrating Experiences of Alzheimer's Through the Arts Phenomenological and Existentialist Descriptions of the Living Body.
While Alzheimer's might be associated with a difficulty to express oneself, Ana Paula Barbosa-Fohrmann addresses this topic by examining experiences with Alzheimer's based on narratives. In this original contribution, she studies the nexus of life stories, subjectivity, fragmentation, and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bielefeld :
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2023.
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| Colección: | Medical Humanities.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- I. Research Object
- II. Justification
- 1. The Current State of Alzheimer's Research
- 2. Theme Originality and Theoretical Justification
- III. Hypotheses
- IV. Methodology
- V. Goals
- VI. Comment on the Structure of Chapters
- VII. A Brief Note on the Vocabulary
- Part I: Fundamentals
- Chapter 1: Fragments of the Self
- I. Marcos Abreu: Life is a Work of Art
- II. Parts, Fragments and Wholes
- 1. Fragments and Moments
- (a) his relation to animals (monkeys) and the Atlantic Forest:
- (B) his relation to his house in Jardim Botanico neighbourhood:
- (c) his relation to museums and galleries:
- (d) his divorce from Joana:
- (e) his relationship to his children:
- (f) his friendship with Maria:
- (a) his relation to earth and rain:
- (b) his relation to death:
- (c) his relation to the house (farm) where he spent his childhood:
- (d) his marriage to Joana:
- (e) his relationship with C.:
- (f) his relation to museums, galleries, painting:
- (g) his relation to cocaine and alcohol:
- (h) the plagiarism he committed against the art student:
- (I) life in the South of France:
- (j) relationship with his children Marcelo and Emilia:
- (k) connection with the Atlantic Forest:
- (l) revelation of life experiences:
- (m) connection with his house:
- (n) Alzheimer's:
- (o) working relationship and friendship with Maria:
- (p) connection with painting:
- (q) relationship with his daughter:
- (r) habits:
- (s) relationship with his son:
- (t) death:
- (u) relationship with C.:
- 2. Sides, Aspects and Adumbrations
- 3. Presence and Absence
- III. Identity in Manifolds
- IV. Summary
- Chapter 2: The Sensorial Experience of the Self with Alzheimer's
- I. The Psycho-Organic Body (Leib)
- 1. Three Egos and a Body
- 2. The Psycho-Organic Body and the Experience of Touch
- II. The Living Body as a Self
- 1. Body Schema (schema corporel) and Living Body
- 2. Living Body, Movement and Intentionality
- 3. Vision, Touch and Synesthesia
- III. Summary
- Part II: Some Ways of Signifying Experiences of Alzheimer's
- Chapter 1: The Self-Experience of Love
- I. A Way of Loving: Enchanting
- 1. Iris Murdoch
- 2. Marcos Abreu
- 3. Henry
- II. A Way of Loving: Carrying a Burden of Guilt
- 1. Thomas DeBaggio
- 2. Bob
- 3. Betty
- III. A Way of Loving: Touching
- 1. Booker
- IV. Summary
- Chapter 2: Body Memory: The Sedimentation of Skills and Abilities
- I. Habit-Body: Living Body and Body-Object
- II. The Meaning and Non-Meaning of Habit
- III. Habit-Body with Alzheimer's: Meaning and Non-Meaning of Skills and Abilities
- 1. Marcos Abreu and William Utermohlen: the Habit of Painting
- 2. Iris Murdoch and Thomas DeBaggio: the Habit of Writing
- 3. Henry: the Habit of Listening to Music
- IV. Summary