Narrative Regimes
Gibson argues that stories play a seminal role in the creation and maintenance of identity as ‘normalcy’ with important political and ethical ramifications for people with dementia. Critiquing the concept of the ‘Narrative Self’, Gibson first establishes
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Janet Gibson
Dementia, Narrative and Performance
Janet Gibson
Dementia, Narrative and Performance Staging Reality, Reimagining Identities
Janet Gibson UTS Insearch University of Technology Sydney, NSW, Australia
ISBN 978-3-030-46546-9 ISBN 978-3-030-46547-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46547-6 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: FAIRY FLOSS. Photo of Phillip Mills and Katia Molino from Theatre Kantanka’s production of Missing the Bus to David Jones. Photo by Heidrun Löhr. Used with permission of Carlos Gomes. This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
To Julia, Mary-Jane, and Sandy, with love
Acknowledgements
The arguments on which this book turns were germinated in the Alzheimer’s diagnosis, institutionalisation, and death of my mother Barbara Gibson, a woman committed to social justice and fervent about the theatre and its role in awakening peoples’ minds to inequity and bigotry. The arguments in this book were also fostered by my interest in the verbatim work of Moisés Kaufman (The Laramie Project) with whom I had worked as an actor in Women in Beckett at Theater for the New City (his first Tectonic project) in New York in 1991. The book’s genesis was a strange mix indeed but going off the beaten track often produces thought- provoking products, one of which I hope this book to be. So many people nurtured this project. The book had its first life as a PhD thesis undertaken at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, under the keen eyes of Yuji Sone, my principal supervisor, with additional insight contributed by Nicole Matthews in the role of associate supervisor. I have the greates
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