The diseased brain and the failing mind : dementia in science, medicine and literature of the long twentieth century /: dementia in science, medicine and literature of the long twentieth century. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Martina Zimmermann.
• Authors: (Researcher in health humanities), Zimmermann, Martina
• Contents: Cover -- Half-title Page -- Dedication Page -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Series Preface -- 1 Introduction -- Alzheimer's disease: A twenty-first-century first-world scare -- Dementia in history -- Methodology: Literature and science -- Overview -- Part I The organic paradigm -- 2 From brain inspection to cell death -- The Forsyte Saga: The cultural image of dementia in the fin-de-siècle family novel -- Dementia and memory loss in science, medicine and literature before 1880 -- Auguste D. and Johann F.: Alzheimer's clinical cases and histological research The case -- The discourse of degeneration -- The definition of the disease -- The reaction to the definition of the disease -- Degeneration: The old and new narrative of loss and decline in medico-scientific literature on dementia and Alzheimer's disease -- There Were No Windows: The patient's illness experience in the modernist novel -- Part II The ageing perspective -- 3 Culture shapes politics shapes science -- Researching old age: From medical science to old-age psychiatry -- At The Jerusalem: Dementia defines the elderly in 1960s new realist fiction 4 The loss of self in healthcare and cultural discourse -- Caregiver guides: Helpers in the face of loss and decline -- Out of Mind: The postmodern novel delves into the mind of the patient -- Part III The cognitive picture -- 5 The narrative of loss in a growing biomedical and literary marketplace of Alzheimer's disease -- Neurodegeneration: The biochemical narrative of lost molecules, pathways and communication -- On genes and genealogy: The patient as specimen, carrier and type in research and popular science Death in Slow Motion: Past identities, lost plots and old age in caregiver life-writing -- 6 Neurotechnologies and narrative examine the failing mind -- The visual exploration of the brain and fascination with the mind -- The Dying of the Light: Detective fiction claims back patient authority -- Who Will I Be When I Die? Patient life-writing around the year 2000 -- Part IV The whole-person prospects -- 7 The dichotomy of Alzheimer's disease -- Immunization hope and hype: The patient as non-responder La guardiana di Ulisse: The patient beyond forgetting in children's literature and adult fiction of the new century -- Alzheimer mon amour: Healthcare changes and patient personality in contemporary caregiver memoirs -- We Are Not Ourselves: The cultural image of Alzheimer's disease in the twenty-first-century bildungsroman -- 8 Conclusion -- Glossary -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Page -- Copyright Page
• Publisher Details: London New York : Bloomsbury Academic
• Publication Date: 2020
• Copyright Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 809/.933561; Dementia in literature; Literature and science -- History -- 20th century; Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Literary studies: from c 1900; Dementia in literature; Literature and science; Literature, Modern; Electronic books; Criticism, interpretation, etc; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1350121827; 9781350121812; 1350121819; 9781350121829
• Related ISBNs: 9781350121805
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 08, 2020).
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