{"product_id":"the-diseased-brain-and-the-martina-zimmermann-9781350249363","title":"The Diseased Brain and the Failing Mind: Dementia in Science, Medicine and Literature of the Long Twentieth Century","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Wellcome Trust\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eThe Diseased Brain and the Failing Mind\u003c\/i\u003e charts changing cultural understandings of dementia and alzheimer's disease in scientific and cultural texts across the 20th Century. Reading a range of texts from the US, UK, Europe and Japan, the book examines how the language of dementia - regarding the loss of identity, loss of agency, loss of self and life - is rooted in scientific discourse and expressed in popular and literary texts. Following changing scientific understandings of dementia, the book also demonstrates how cultural expressions of the experience and dementia have fed back into the way medical institutions have treated dementia patients.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book includes a glossary of scientific terms for non-specialist readers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Martina Zimmermann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 135024936X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350249363\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/27\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.88lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.60d","brand":"Martina Zimmermann","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44450280276223,"sku":"9781350249363","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8666bc5e-b03f-4e59-bd97-4dc49aba1564.jpg?v=1698503894","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-diseased-brain-and-the-martina-zimmermann-9781350249363","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}