02571nam 2200469 450 991081163510332120230627112938.01-4529-6757-19781452967585(ebook)9781517902285(library binding)9781517902292(paperback)(MiAaPQ)EBC6951003(Au-PeEL)EBL6951003(CKB)21500801300041(EXLCZ)992150080130004120230627d2022 uy 0engurcz#---auuuutxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierMediating Alzheimer's cognition and personhood /Scott SelbergMinneapolis, MN :University of Minnesota Press,[2022]©20221 online resource (372 pages)Print version: Selberg, Scott Mediating Alzheimer's Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press,c2022 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction: Alzheimer's and Media -- Chapter 1. Origin Myths: History, Histology, and Representational Value -- Chapter 2. New Media Pioneers: Neuroimaging a National Crisis -- Chapter 3. Use It or Lose It: Affirming the Self, Defining the Person -- Chapter 4. PET Scans and Polaroids: Anachronizing Personhood -- Chapter 5. Dementia in the Museum: Modern Art as Public Care -- Chapter 6. Dementia on the Canvas: Art, Therapy, and Creativity's Values -- Chapter 7. Loved Ones: The Capacity for Representation, Recognition, and Care -- Epilogue: "How to Not Forget" -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author."With no known cause or cure despite a century of research, Alzheimer's disease is a true medical mystery. Scott Selberg examines the nature of this enduring national health crisis by looking at the disease's relationship to media and representation, showing how collective investments in different kinds of media have historically shaped how we understand, treat, and live with this disease"--Provided by publisher.Alzheimer's diseaseMental illness in mass mediaAlzheimer's disease.Mental illness in mass media.616.8311Selberg Scott1977-1622196MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910811635103321Mediating Alzheimer's3955906UNINA