Cinematic Representations of Alzheimer's Disease

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 t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Medina, Raquel (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2018.
Edition:1st ed. 2018.
Subjects:
Motion pictures-History.
Motion pictures.
Historiography.
Neurology .
ISBN:9781137533715
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Table of Contents:
  • 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. .

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