Thinking About Dementia: Culture, Loss, and the Anthropology of Senility

(Part of the Studies in Medical Anthropology Series)

by Lawrence Cohen, Annette Leibing, Yans Virginia Bell, et al.

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Bringing together essays by nineteen respected scholars, this volume approaches dementia from a variety of angles, exploring its historical, psychological, and philosophical implications. The authors employ a cross-cultural perspective that is based on ethnographic fieldwork and focuses on questions of age, mind, voice, self, loss, temporality, memory, and affect.

Taken together, the essays make four important and interrelated contributions...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0813538033

ISBN13:9780813538037

Release Date:February 2006

Publisher:Rutgers University Press

Length:299 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 9.0"

Age Range:18 years and up

Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher

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(Part of the Studies in Medical Anthropology Series)

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