Cinematic Representations of Alzheimer’s Disease

Raquel Medina (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

224 Seiten

2018 | 1st ed. 2018
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-137-53370-8 (ISBN)

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This book offers a cross-cultural approach to cinematic representations of Alzheimer’s disease in non-mainstream cinema. Even though Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia, is a global health issue, it is not perceived or represented homogenously around the world. Contrary to very well-known mainstream films, the films discussed do not focus on the negative aspects normally associated with Alzheimer’s disease, but on the importance of portraying the perspective of the persons living with Alzheimer’s and their personhood. Similarly, this book analyses how the films use Alzheimer’s as a trope to address issues relating to different areas of life and society such as, for example, family matters, intergenerational relationships, gender issues, national traditions versus global modernity, and caring for people with dementia. By examining an array of films, from crime fiction to documentary, that each present non-stigmatising representations of Alzheimer’s disease, this in-depth study ultimately demonstrates the power of culture in shaping meaning.

Raquel Medina is Senior Lecturer in Spanish Studies, Aston University, UK.

1. Introduction.- 2. Old Age and Alzheimer's Disease in Film.- 3. Intergenerational Interactions and Alzheimer's Disease.- 4. Gender and Alzheimer's Disease: The Power of Words, Herbs, Water, Veils and Mountains.- 5. Agency and Masculinity in Alzheimer's Disease: Cortex (2008) and The Memory of a Killer (2003).- 6. Recovering the Past: Historical Memory and Alzheimer's Disease.- 7. Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	05.10.2018
Zusatzinfo	23 Illustrations, color; XII, 224 p. 23 illus. in color.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Fotokunst
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Geriatrie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Neurologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
Schlagworte	Ageing • Amnesia • Body • Death • dementia • Discrimination • early-onset • ethics • Family • Gender • Memory • mother • Race
ISBN-10	1-137-53370-6 / 1137533706
ISBN-13	978-1-137-53370-8 / 9781137533708
Zustand	Neuware