{"product_id":"reconsidering-dementia-narratives-rebecca-bitenc-9780367151348","title":"Reconsidering Dementia Narratives: Empathy, Identity and Care","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eReconsidering Dementia Narratives\u003c\/em\u003e explores the role of narrative in developing new ways of understanding, interacting with, and caring for people with dementia. It asks how the stories we tell about dementia - in fiction, life writing and film - both reflect and shape the way we think about this important condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHighlighting the need to attend to embodied and relational aspects of identity in dementia, the study further outlines ways in which narratives may contribute to dementia care, while disputing the idea that the modes of empathy fostered by narrative necessarily bring about more humane care practices. This cross-medial analysis represents an interdisciplinary approach to dementia narratives which range across auto\/biography, graphic narrative, novel, film, documentary and collaborative storytelling practices. The book aims to clarify the limits and affordances of narrative, and narrative studies, in relation to an ethically driven medical humanities agenda through the use of case studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnswering the key question of whether dementia narratives align with or run counter to the dominant discourse of dementia as 'loss of self', this innovative book will be of interest to anyone interested in dementia studies, ageing studies, narrative studies in health care, and critical medical humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rebecca Bitenc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367151340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367151348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/19\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Rebecca Bitenc","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48112871833855,"sku":"9780367151348","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_38afe5b9-f3d6-4859-b28d-066d5eb2e76c.jpg?v=1769611507","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reconsidering-dementia-narratives-rebecca-bitenc-9780367151348","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}