And That Is That: How My Grandmother's Battle with Dementia Taught Me to Speak Without Words

And That Is That: How My Grandmother's Battle with Dementia Taught Me to Speak Without Words

Thesis advisor: Paula Mathieu === The following work is a memoir that chronicles my grandmother’s battle with a rare form of frontotemporal dementia. This dementia robbed her of the ability to use and process language, though, unlike Alzheimer’s Disease, it did not affect her memory or capacity to r...

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Main Author: Parker, Stephanie Rose
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Boston College 2010
Subjects:
Dementia
Memory
Language
Grandmother
Memoir
Family History
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2345/1177
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spelling ndltd-BOSTON-oai-dlib.bc.edu-bc-ir_1024312019-05-10T07:37:01Z And That Is That: How My Grandmother's Battle with Dementia Taught Me to Speak Without Words Parker, Stephanie Rose Thesis advisor: Paula Mathieu Text thesis 2010 Boston College English electronic application/pdf The following work is a memoir that chronicles my grandmother’s battle with a rare form of frontotemporal dementia. This dementia robbed her of the ability to use and process language, though, unlike Alzheimer’s Disease, it did not affect her memory or capacity to recognize loved ones. My thesis follows my family’s journey as we learned to develop new methods of communication that did not rely on words, methods largely dependent on a vault of family memories passed down through several generations of strong women. Ultimately, my experience with my grandmother’s illness enabled me to come to new conclusions regarding the role of language in modern society, from the possibilities it creates to the boundaries it imposes. Dementia Memory Language Grandmother Memoir Family History Copyright is held by the author, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise noted. Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2010. Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences. Discipline: College Honors Program. Discipline: English Honors Program. Discipline: English. 149889 http://hdl.handle.net/2345/1177
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topic Dementia
Memory
Language
Grandmother
Memoir
Family History
spellingShingle Dementia
Memory
Language
Grandmother
Memoir
Family History
Parker, Stephanie Rose
And That Is That: How My Grandmother's Battle with Dementia Taught Me to Speak Without Words
description Thesis advisor: Paula Mathieu === The following work is a memoir that chronicles my grandmother’s battle with a rare form of frontotemporal dementia. This dementia robbed her of the ability to use and process language, though, unlike Alzheimer’s Disease, it did not affect her memory or capacity to recognize loved ones. My thesis follows my family’s journey as we learned to develop new methods of communication that did not rely on words, methods largely dependent on a vault of family memories passed down through several generations of strong women. Ultimately, my experience with my grandmother’s illness enabled me to come to new conclusions regarding the role of language in modern society, from the possibilities it creates to the boundaries it imposes. === Thesis (BA) — Boston College, 2010. === Submitted to: Boston College. College of Arts and Sciences. === Discipline: College Honors Program. === Discipline: English Honors Program. === Discipline: English.
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