Art of Caregiving in Fiction, Film, and Memoir

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

Av Jeffrey Berman, USA) Berman, Jeffrey (University of Albany

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Bringing together the human story of care with its representation in film, fiction and memoir, this book combines an analysis of care narratives to inform and inspire ideas about this major role in life. Alongside analysis of narratives drawn from literature and film, the author sensitively interweaves the story of his wife's illness and care to illuminate perspectives on dealing with human decline. Examining texts from a diverse range of authors such as Leo Tolstoy, Edith Wharton and Alice Munro, and filmmakers such as Ingmar Bergman and Michael Haneke, it addresses questions such as why caregiving is a dangerous activity, the ethical problems of writing about caregiving, the challenges of reading about caregiving, and why caregiving is so important. It serves as a fire starter on the subject of how we can gain insight into the challenges and opportunities of caregiving through the creative arts.

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Utgivningsdatum2022-04-21
Mått156 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt468 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor296
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN9781350185364

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AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. The Idealized Caregiver in Tolstoy’s The Death Of Ivan Ilych2. Caregivers as Prisoners For Life in Edith Wharton’s Ethan Frome3. Unmasking the Caregiver in Ingmar Bergman’s Persona4. The Caregiver as Matchmaker in Alice Munro’s “The Bear Came Over The Mountain” and Sarah Polley’s Away From Her5. Caregiving Strategies For Survival in John Bayley’s Elegy For Iris, Iris And Her Friends, and Widower’s House6. A Few True Things About Caregiving in Anna Quindlen’s One True Thing7. The Avenging Caregiver in Mary Gordon’s Circling My Mother8. Murderous Caregiving in Michael Haneke’s Amour9. The Divine Gift Of Caregiving in Walter Mosley’s The Last Days Of Ptolemy Grey10. Caregiving as a Progress Narrative in Margaret Morganroth Gullette’s Writings 11. Caregivers Struggling to Make the Right Decisionsin Atul Gawande’s Being Mortal Conclusion: Caregiving: A Beautiful Story?Works CitedIndex

The reassuring, vaguely psychedelic, pastel-blue clouds on the cover of this book little prepared me for the emotional shock and awe I experienced reading much of the text ... Berman has produced an honest and richly nuanced text. He convincingly describes how literature acts as a form of simulation, through which our receptivity to emotion is heightened by placing ourselves in the situations of characters. As a result, we become susceptible to ‘being infected’ by emotions such as grief, shame, disgust and guilt ... This is an important text that deserves a strong and engaged readership.