Dementia and Literature - Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Summary

Dementia is an urgent global concern. Creative writers can offer powerful and imaginative insights into the experience of dementia across cultures and over time. This volume explores how engaging with dementia through its myriad literary representations can help to deepen and humanize attitudes to people living with the condition.

Product details

• Authors: Tess (Queen''''s University Belfast Maginess
• Assisted by: Tess Maginess (Editor), Maginess Tess (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.06.2019
• EAN: 9780367341497
• ISBN: 978-0-367-34149-7
• No. of pages: 194
• Series: Routledge Advances in the Medical Humanities
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, MEDICAL / Education & Training, Coping with illness & specific conditions, Medical Sociology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Alzheimer's & dementia, Alzheimer’s and dementia, Medical study and revision guides and reference material