Alzheimer's Disease Memoirs: Poetics of the Forgetting Self

This book examines writings by people living with Alzheimer's  Disease and their caregivers. Its focus areas include the construction  of the self in the face of diminishing linguistic and cognitive  abilities, the stigmatization of ageing, the various narrative  strategies that these texts (often collaborative) employ, the health  activism and advocacy generated via a 'biosociality,' and the ethics of  care. It examines the 'disease writing' genre about a condition that  ravages the ability to use language. It serves as a "literary"  examination of the work done in this area through a critical reading of  the memoirs of those with AD and caregivers and a healthy dose of  literary theory. The book is a valuable resource for those interested in  literary and critical theory and researchers in the field of  ageing/dementia studies.