1. A Disembodied Dementia: Graphic Medicine and Illness Narratives.
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Kovan SB and Soled DR
- Subjects
- Humans, Caregivers, Narration, Dementia
- Abstract
The dominant discourse on dementia promotes a view that as individuals progress with the disease, they experience a neurological decline causing a loss of self. This notion, grounded in a Cartesian representation of selfhood, associates a loss of self as directly related to cognition. This paper presents an alternative anthropological framework, embodied selfhood, that challenges this representation. It then examines a potential tool, graphic medicine, to translate this theory into caregiving practice. Through analyzing three graphic novels-Wrinkles, Tangles, and Aliceheimer's-this paper demonstrates how tension exists between different conceptions of selfhood and associated implications for caregivers and patients alike., (© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.)
- Published
- 2023
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