Twigg, J and Buse, CE (2013) Dress, dementia and the embodiment of identity. Dementia, 12 (3). 326 - 336. ISSN 1471-3012
Abstract
The article explores the significance of dress in the embodied experience of dementia, exploring questions of identity, memory and relationship. It suggests that clothing and dress are important in the analysis of the day-to-day experiences of people with dementia, giving access to dimensions of selfhood often ignored in over-cognitive accounts of being. As a result clothing and dress can be significant to the provision of person-centred dementia care. These arguments are explored through ideas of embodied identity, the materialisation of memories, and the maintenance, or otherwise, of appearance in care. The article forms part of the background to an ESRC-funded empirical study exploring the role of clothing and dress in the everyday lives of people with dementia, living at home or in care homes, and of their relatives.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2013, SAGE Publications. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Dementia. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Clothing; dementia; dress; embodiment; identity |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Sociology and Social Policy (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 25 Mar 2015 11:39 |
Last Modified: | 16 Jan 2018 20:27 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1471301213476504 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1471301213476504 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:84413 |