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This collection of essays explores cultural narratives of care in
the contexts of ageing and illness. It includes both text-based and
practice-based contributions by leading and emerging scholars in
humanistic studies of ageing. The authors consider care not only in
film (feature and documentary) and literature (novel, short story,
children’s picturebook) but also in the fields of theatre
performance, photography and music. The collection has a broad
geographical scope, with case studies and primary texts from Europe
and North America but also from Hong Kong, Japan, Australia,
Argentina and Mexico. The volume asks what care, autonomy and
dependence may mean and how these may be inflected by social and
cultural specificities. Ultimately, it invites us to reflect on our
relations to others as we face the global and local challenges of
care in ageing societies.
This collection of essays explores cultural narratives of care in
the contexts of ageing and illness. It includes both text-based and
practice-based contributions by leading and emerging scholars in
humanistic studies of ageing. The authors consider care not only in
film (feature and documentary) and literature (novel, short story,
children's picturebook) but also in the fields of theatre
performance, photography and music. The collection has a broad
geographical scope, with case studies and primary texts from Europe
and North America but also from Hong Kong, Japan, Australia,
Argentina and Mexico. The volume asks what care, autonomy and
dependence may mean and how these may be inflected by social and
cultural specificities. Ultimately, it invites us to reflect on our
relations to others as we face the global and local challenges of
care in ageing societies.
This book examines narratives of dementia in contemporary literary
texts, studying what is now a pressing issue with deep political,
economic, and social implications for many ageing societies. As
part of the increasing visibility of dementia in social and
cultural life, these narratives pose ethical, aesthetic, and
political questions about subjectivity, agency, and care that help
us to interrogate the cultural discourse of dementia. Contemporary
Narratives of Dementia is a seminal book that offers a sustained
examination of a wide range of literary narratives, from
auto/biographies and detective fiction, to children's books and
comic books. With its wide-reaching theoretical and critical scope,
its comparative dimension, and its inclusion of multiple genres,
this book is important for scholars engaging with studies of
dementia and ageing in diverse disciplines. Sarah Falcus is a
Reader in Contemporary Literature at the University of
Huddersfield, UK. She has research interests in contemporary
women's writing, feminism and literary gerontology. She is the
co-director of the Dementia and Cultural Narrative (DCN) network.
Katsura Sako is an Associate Professor of English, at Keio
University, Japan. Her main field of research is in
post-war/contemporary British literature, and she has particular
interests in gender, ageing and illness. She is a member of the
steering committee of the DCN network.
This book examines narratives of dementia in contemporary literary
texts, studying what is now a pressing issue with deep political,
economic, and social implications for many ageing societies. As
part of the increasing visibility of dementia in social and
cultural life, these narratives pose ethical, aesthetic, and
political questions about subjectivity, agency, and care that help
us to interrogate the cultural discourse of dementia. Contemporary
Narratives of Dementia is a seminal book that offers a sustained
examination of a wide range of literary narratives, from
auto/biographies and detective fiction, to children's books and
comic books. With its wide-reaching theoretical and critical scope,
its comparative dimension, and its inclusion of multiple genres,
this book is important for scholars engaging with studies of
dementia and ageing in diverse disciplines. Sarah Falcus is a
Reader in Contemporary Literature at the University of
Huddersfield, UK. She has research interests in contemporary
women's writing, feminism and literary gerontology. She is the
co-director of the Dementia and Cultural Narrative (DCN) network.
Katsura Sako is an Associate Professor of English, at Keio
University, Japan. Her main field of research is in
post-war/contemporary British literature, and she has particular
interests in gender, ageing and illness. She is a member of the
steering committee of the DCN network.
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