NARRATING EXPERIENCES OF ALZHEIMER'S THROUGH THE ARTS : phenomenological and existentialist... descriptions of the living body

While Alzheimer's might be associated with a difficulty to express oneself, Ana Paula Barbosa-Fohrmann addresses this topic by examining experiences with Alzheimer's based on narratives. In this original contribution, she studies the nexus of life stories, subjectivity, fragmentation, and fiction. The philosophical basis of this research is phenomenology from the end of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th century, specifically that of Husserl and above all that of Merleau-Ponty. This work also draws on Proust's and Camus's literature as well as Beckett's dramaturgy. Contents 7 Foreword 11 Acknowledgments 15 Introduction 19 Part I: Fundamentals 29 Chapter 1: Fragments of the Self 29 Chapter 2: The Sensorial Experience of the Self with Alzheimer’s 69 Part II: Some Ways of Signifying Experiences of Alzheimer’s 95 Introduction 95 Chapter 1: The Self-Experience of Love 97 Chapter 2: Body Memory: The Sedimentation of Skills and Abilities 137 Chapter 3: The Other’s Experience of Love and Habit 159 Final Considerations on the Descriptions and Interpretations of Alzheimer’s Experiences 201 References 213