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 Bañón, Raquel (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Subjects:	Diseases in motion pictures > Cross-cultural studies. Alzheimer's disease > Social aspects. Motion pictures > Social aspects.

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Old age and Alzheimer's disease in film
Intergenerational interactions and Alzheimer's disease
Gender and Alzheimer's disease: the power of words, herbs, water, veils, and mountains
Agency and masculinity in Alzheimer's disese: Cortex (2008) and The memory of a killer (2003)
Recovering the past: historical memory and Alzheimer's disease
Conclusion.