A critical history of dementia studies / edited by James Rupert Fletcher and Andrea Capstick.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Pathologisation, (bio)medicalisation & biopolitics / James Rupert Fletcher -- The century without a war : Kitwood's concept of malignant social psychology and the need for historicisation in dementia studies / Andrea Capstick -- Language about people with dementia / Clare Mason, Michael Andrews, Ronald Ferguson (aka Ronald Amanze), Jacqui Bingham, Allison Batchelor, Gerald King, Teresa Davies (AKA Dory), Julie Hayden & Wendy Mitchell -- A Semiotic analysis of meanings of dementia around the world / Ana Koncul, Elizabeth George Onyedikachi & Ruth Bartlett -- Literary dementia studies : from managing estrangement to imaginatively reconceptualizing forgetfulness / Heike Hartung -- Gender awareness and feminist approaches in dementia studies / Ann Therese Lotherington -- "On my good days, I can [...] almost pass for a normal person" : reading the film Still Alice using the conceptual lens of heteronormativity / Katherine Ludwin -- Race, ethnicity and culture : problematic application in dementia and old age / Mos̐e Roche, Maria Zubair and James Rupert Fletcher -- 'Whose story is it and what is it for?' : life story as critical discourse in dementia studies / Jackie Kindell, Aagje Swinnen and John Keady -- From symptoms to citizenship : a critical reading of the perceived value of arts and culture in a dementia context / Robyn Dowlen and Rebecka Fleetwood-Smith -- Human rights & dementia : a 'socratic dialogue' / Toby Williamson and Nick Jenkins -- Experts by experience : "I don't want to be shaken, I want to be a shaker" / Agnes Houston, Nancy McAdam, James McKillop and Martin Robertson; facilitated by Paula Brown -- Conclusion : multi-disciplinary, multi-historied, multi-critical / James Rupert Fletcher and Andrea Capstick.

"This book offers the first ever critical history of dementia studies. Focusing on the emergence of dementia studies as a discrete area of academic interest in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, it draws on critical theory to interrogate the very notion of dementia studies as an entity, shedding light on the affinities and contradictions that characterise the field. Drawing together a collection of internationally renowned experts in a variety of fields, including people with dementia, this volume includes perspectives from education, the arts, human rights and much more. This critical history sets out the shared intellectual space of 'dementia studies', from which non-medical dementia research can progress. The book is intended for researchers, academics, and students of dementia studies, social gerontology, disability, chronic illness, health and social care. It will also appeal to activists and practitioners engaged in social work and caregiving involved in dementia research"-- Provided by publisher.