Alzheimer's Disease in Contemporary U.S. Fiction - Memory Lost (Hardcover)

This volume seeks to bring readers to a deeper understanding of contemporary cultural and social configurations of Alzheimer's disease by analyzing 21st-century U.S. novels in which the disease plays a key narrative role. Via analysis of selected works, Garrigos considers how the erasure of memory in a person with Alzheimer's affects our idea of the identity of that person and their sense of belonging to a group. Starting out from three different types of memory (individual, social and cultural), the study focuses on the narrative strategies that authors use to configure how the disease is perceived and represented. This study is significant not only because of what the texts reveal about those with Alzheimer's, but also for what they say about us - about the authors and readers who are producing and consuming these texts, about how we see this disease, and what our attitudes to it say about contemporary U.S. society.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Routledge Research in American Literature and Culture
Release date:	July 2021
First published:	2022
Authors:	Cristina Garrigos
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	164
ISBN-13:	978-1-03-203558-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Psychology > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Clinical psychology > Psychotherapy Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > Adults > Elderly
LSN:	1-03-203558-7
Barcode:	9781032035581

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