Contested Mindscapes

Introduction (Page i)

Film and Television
1. Pathos and the Sitcom: Keeping Mum and The League of Gentlemen (Page 3)
2. Time and Intergenerational Relationships: John Williams’ Firefly Dreams (Page 17)
3. The Many Faces of Dementia: Alan Alda and Portrayals of Mental Health in ER and Diminished Capacity (Page 25)
4. Living Long and Prospering: Changing Representations of Dementia in the Star Trek Franchise (Page 33)
5. Dementia and the Challenge of Deduction: Nicolas Boukhrief’s Cortex (Page 47)
6. Festive Themes and Christmas Memories: Chazz Palminteri’s Noel (Page 55)
7. Satirical Approaches and Dementia Clichés: South Park’s Grey Dawn (Page 63)
8. Eliminating the Impossible: Mitchell and Webb, Sherlock Holmes and Dementia (Page 71)

Music
9. Stoking the Flames of Remembrance: Ed Sheeran’s ‘Afire Love’ (Page 81)
10. In Search of Lost Memories: Jill Sobule’s ‘Claire’ (Page 89)
11. Determining Personas in Shifting Soundscapes: Brian Griffith’s Memoirs of Dementia (Page 97)
12. Understanding That Transcends Generations: Harry Gardner’s ‘Not Alone’ (Page 105)
13. Rage Against Complacency and Expectation: Whitechapel’s ‘I, Dementia’ (Page 113)
14. Celebrating Superheroes of the Everyday: Massive Dog’s ‘When You Were Superman’ (Page 121)
15. True Emotion and Nebulous Perception: Chadwick Johnson’s ‘Remember Love’ (Page 129)
16. A Euphoric Challenge to Delirium: Owl City’s ‘Dementia’ (Page 137)

Dramatic and Performance Arts
17. An Operatic Interpretation of Dementia: John O’Hara and Karen Hayes’s The Bargee’s Wife (Page 147)
18. Misplaced Property and Recollections: Ian Kershaw’s Lost and Found (Page 155)
19. The Quiet Power of Monologic Discourse: Maria Jastrzebska’s Dementia Diaries (Page 163)
20. Constructing and Exploring a Box of Memories: Brendan Murray’s Monday’s Child (Page 171)
21. Grace, Motion and Freedom: The Chaturangan Dance Company and Fleeting Moments (Page 179)
22. Abstruse Existence and Malleable Realities: Jackie Kay’s Mind Away (Page 187)
23. Jubilation and Apprehension: The Sandglass Theater’s D-Generation: An Exaltation of Larks (Page 195)
24. Bridging Laughter and Despondency: Patrick Jones’s Before I Leave (Page 203)

Video Games and Interactive Entertainment
25. A Journey to Mania and Dementia: Bethesda Softworks’ The Elder Scrolls: The Shivering Isles    (Page 213)
26. Dementia in the Digital Domain: CRL Software and Mel Croucher’s iD (Page 221)
27. Exploring Dark Corners of the Mind: AGaming+’s Dementia (Page 229)
28. Illumination and Hallucinations: Rainbird Software’s Weird Dreams (Page 237)
29. Inner Disquiet in Outer Space: Visceral Games’ Dead Space (Page 245)
30. Virtual Worlds and Mindscapes: White Paper Games’ Ether One (Page 253)
31. Mystery and Suspense in Unexpected Places: Campo Santo’s Firewatch (Page 261)
32. Digital Challenges with Real-Life Benefits: Glitchers’ Sea Hero Quest (Page 269)

Image Credits (Page 277)
Acknowledgements (Page 281)
About the Author (Page 283)