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  1. The diseased brain and the failing mind
    dementia in science, medicine and literature of the long twentieth century
    Author: Zimmermann, Martina
    Published: 2020
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury Academic, London [England] : New York ; Bloomsbury Publishing, [London, England]

    "The Diseased Brain and the Failing Mind charts changing cultural understandings of dementia and alzheimer's disease in scientific and cultural texts across the 20th Century. Reading a range of texts from the US, UK, Europe and Japan, the book... more

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    "The Diseased Brain and the Failing Mind charts changing cultural understandings of dementia and alzheimer's disease in scientific and cultural texts across the 20th Century. Reading a range of texts from the US, UK, Europe and Japan, the book examines how the language of dementia - regarding the loss of identity, loss of agency, loss of self and life - is rooted in scientific discourse and expressed in popular and literary texts. Following changing scientific understandings of dementia, the book also demonstrates how cultural expressions of the experience and dementia have fed back into the way medical institutions have treated dementia patients"-- 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 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 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 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

     
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
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    ISBN: 1350121827; 1350121819; 9781350121836; 9781350121829; 9781350121812; 9781350121805
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    Series: Explorations in science and literature
    Subjects: Dementia in literature; Literature and science; Literature, Modern; Literary studies: from c 1900 -
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (240 pages)
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  2. The diseased brain and the failing mind
    dementia in science, medicine and literature of the long twentieth century
    Author: Zimmermann, Martina
    Published: 2020
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury Academic, London

    The Diseased Brain and the Failing Mind charts changing cultural understandings of dementia and alzheimer’s disease in scientific and cultural texts across the 20th Century. Reading a range of texts from the US, UK, Europe and Japan, the book... more

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    The Diseased Brain and the Failing Mind charts changing cultural understandings of dementia and alzheimer’s disease in scientific and cultural texts across the 20th Century. Reading a range of texts from the US, UK, Europe and Japan, the book examines how the language of dementia – regarding the loss of identity, loss of agency, loss of self and life – is rooted in scientific discourse and expressed in popular and literary texts. Following changing scientific understandings of dementia, the book also demonstrates how cultural expressions of the experience and dementia have fed back into the way medical institutions have treated dementia patients. The book includes a glossary of scientific terms for non-specialist readers. Acknowledgements1: Introduction, Alzheimer's disease: the twenty-first-century first-world scareDementia in history, Methodology: literature and scienceOverview, Part I: The Organic Paradigm2: From brain inspection to cell death, The Forsyte Saga: the cultural image of dementia in the fin-de-siècle family novelDementia and memory loss in science, medicine and literature before 1880Auguste D. and Johann F.: Alzheimer's clinical cases and histological researchDegeneration: the old and new narrative of loss and decline in medico-scientific literature on dementia and Alzheimer's diseaseThere Were No Windows: the patient's illness experience in the modernist novelPart II: The Ageing Perspective3: Culture shapes politics shapes scienceResearching old age: from medical science to old-age psychiatryAt The Jerusalem: dementia defines the elderly in 1960s' new realist fiction4: The loss of self in healthcare and cultural discourseCaregiver guides: helpers in the face of loss and declineOut of Mind: the postmodern novel delves into the mind of the patientPart III: The Cognitive Picture5: The narrative of loss in a growing biomedical and literary marketplace of Alzheimer's diseaseNeurodegeneration: the biochemical narrative of lost molecules, pathways and communicationOn genes and genealogy: the patient as specimen, carrier and type in research and popular scienceDeath in Slow Motion: past identities, lost plots and old age in caregiver life-writing6: Neuro-technologies and narrative examine the failing mindThe visual exploration of the brain and fascination with the mindThe Dying of the Light: detective fiction claims back patient authorityWho Will I Be When I Die?: patient life-writing around the year 2000Part IV: The Whole-Person Prospects7: The dichotomy of Alzheimer's diseaseImmunization hope and hype: the patient as non-responderLa guardiana di Ulisse: the patient beyond forgetting in children's literature and adult fiction of the new centuryAlzheimer mon amour: healthcare changes and patient personality in contemporary caregiver memoirsWe Are Not Ourselves: the cultural image of Alzheimer's disease in the twenty-first-century Bildungsroman8: ConclusionNotesGlossaryBibliography.

     
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
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    ISBN: 9781350121812; 9781350121829; 9781350121836; 1350121819; 1350121827; 9781350121805
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    Series: Explorations in science and literature
    Subjects: Dementia in literature; Literature and science; Literature, Modern; Literary theory; History of science; Science ; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Literary studies: from c 1900; Literary studies: from c 1900 -
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  3. The diseased brain and the failing mind
    dementia in science, medicine and literature of the long twentieth century
    Author: Zimmermann, Martina
    Published: 2020
    Publisher:  Bloomsbury Academic, London

    The Diseased Brain and the Failing Mind charts changing cultural understandings of dementia and alzheimer’s disease in scientific and cultural texts across the 20th Century. Reading a range of texts from the US, UK, Europe and Japan, the book... more

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    The Diseased Brain and the Failing Mind charts changing cultural understandings of dementia and alzheimer’s disease in scientific and cultural texts across the 20th Century. Reading a range of texts from the US, UK, Europe and Japan, the book examines how the language of dementia – regarding the loss of identity, loss of agency, loss of self and life – is rooted in scientific discourse and expressed in popular and literary texts. Following changing scientific understandings of dementia, the book also demonstrates how cultural expressions of the experience and dementia have fed back into the way medical institutions have treated dementia patients. The book includes a glossary of scientific terms for non-specialist readers. Acknowledgements1: Introduction, Alzheimer's disease: the twenty-first-century first-world scareDementia in history, Methodology: literature and scienceOverview, Part I: The Organic Paradigm2: From brain inspection to cell death, The Forsyte Saga: the cultural image of dementia in the fin-de-siècle family novelDementia and memory loss in science, medicine and literature before 1880Auguste D. and Johann F.: Alzheimer's clinical cases and histological researchDegeneration: the old and new narrative of loss and decline in medico-scientific literature on dementia and Alzheimer's diseaseThere Were No Windows: the patient's illness experience in the modernist novelPart II: The Ageing Perspective3: Culture shapes politics shapes scienceResearching old age: from medical science to old-age psychiatryAt The Jerusalem: dementia defines the elderly in 1960s' new realist fiction4: The loss of self in healthcare and cultural discourseCaregiver guides: helpers in the face of loss and declineOut of Mind: the postmodern novel delves into the mind of the patientPart III: The Cognitive Picture5: The narrative of loss in a growing biomedical and literary marketplace of Alzheimer's diseaseNeurodegeneration: the biochemical narrative of lost molecules, pathways and communicationOn genes and genealogy: the patient as specimen, carrier and type in research and popular scienceDeath in Slow Motion: past identities, lost plots and old age in caregiver life-writing6: Neuro-technologies and narrative examine the failing mindThe visual exploration of the brain and fascination with the mindThe Dying of the Light: detective fiction claims back patient authorityWho Will I Be When I Die?: patient life-writing around the year 2000Part IV: The Whole-Person Prospects7: The dichotomy of Alzheimer's diseaseImmunization hope and hype: the patient as non-responderLa guardiana di Ulisse: the patient beyond forgetting in children's literature and adult fiction of the new centuryAlzheimer mon amour: healthcare changes and patient personality in contemporary caregiver memoirsWe Are Not Ourselves: the cultural image of Alzheimer's disease in the twenty-first-century Bildungsroman8: ConclusionNotesGlossaryBibliography.

     
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
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    ISBN: 9781350121812; 9781350121829; 9781350121836; 1350121819; 1350121827; 9781350121805
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    Series: Explorations in science and literature
    Subjects: Dementia in literature; Literature and science; Literature, Modern; Literary theory; History of science; Science ; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Literary studies: from c 1900; Literary studies: from c 1900 -
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (240 Seiten)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references