Jennifer Radden (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195151657
- eISBN:
- 9780199849253
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195151657.001.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, General
Spanning twenty-four centuries, this anthology collects over thirty selections of important Western writing about melancholy and its related conditions by philosophers, doctors, religious and ...
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Spanning twenty-four centuries, this anthology collects over thirty selections of important Western writing about melancholy and its related conditions by philosophers, doctors, religious and literary figures, and modern psychologists. Truly interdisciplinary, it is the first such anthology. As it traces Western attitudes, it reveals a conversation across centuries and continents as the authors interpret, respond, and build on each other's work. The editor provides an extensive, in-depth introduction that draws links and parallels between the selections, and reveals the ambiguous relationship between these historical accounts of melancholy and today's psychiatric views on depression.Less
Spanning twenty-four centuries, this anthology collects over thirty selections of important Western writing about melancholy and its related conditions by philosophers, doctors, religious and literary figures, and modern psychologists. Truly interdisciplinary, it is the first such anthology. As it traces Western attitudes, it reveals a conversation across centuries and continents as the authors interpret, respond, and build on each other's work. The editor provides an extensive, in-depth introduction that draws links and parallels between the selections, and reveals the ambiguous relationship between these historical accounts of melancholy and today's psychiatric views on depression.
Sara Brandellero
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- January 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199589524
- eISBN:
- 9780191595462
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199589524.003.0005
- Subject:
- Literature, World Literature, 20th-century and Contemporary Literature
This chapter studies João Cabral's collection Crime na Calle Relator (1987), giving particular attention to the poet's treatment of crime narratives and his use of anecdotal material. It gives ...
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This chapter studies João Cabral's collection Crime na Calle Relator (1987), giving particular attention to the poet's treatment of crime narratives and his use of anecdotal material. It gives particular consideration to how the collection deals with questions of culpability through a consistent disruption of rigid categorizations, particularly significant in the light of the political climate of post-dictatorial Brazil in which Cabral was writing. Borrowing critical approaches proposed by New Historicism theory, the chapter goes on to discuss Cabral's incursions into Brazilian history and the manner in which, through anecdotal narratives, official historical accounts are debunked, reflecting the poet's unwavering postcolonial perspective.Less
This chapter studies João Cabral's collection Crime na Calle Relator (1987), giving particular attention to the poet's treatment of crime narratives and his use of anecdotal material. It gives particular consideration to how the collection deals with questions of culpability through a consistent disruption of rigid categorizations, particularly significant in the light of the political climate of post-dictatorial Brazil in which Cabral was writing. Borrowing critical approaches proposed by New Historicism theory, the chapter goes on to discuss Cabral's incursions into Brazilian history and the manner in which, through anecdotal narratives, official historical accounts are debunked, reflecting the poet's unwavering postcolonial perspective.
Augustin K. Fosu (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199660704
- eISBN:
- 9780191748943
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199660704.001.0001
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Development, Growth, and Environmental, Economic History
In the development literature, some countries are cited more often than others as examples of development success. These countries are understood to have policies and institutions in place that could ...
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In the development literature, some countries are cited more often than others as examples of development success. These countries are understood to have policies and institutions in place that could be transferred, at least in part, to less successful countries both within their own regions, and elsewhere in the world. As such, they may constitute ‘role models of development’. This scholarly volume contains historical accounts of a select set of successful countries in the developing world; successful by virtue of their growth and development path — albeit at times in an uneven, non-linear, and patchy manner. Each unique case describes the fundamental ‘causes’ of success: initial conditions and resources; local, regional, and international factors shaping the national state of affairs; contributions to the development process by internal and external actors and institutions. Each country has a story to tell from where useful lessons can be drawn. While other similar works have presented cases of successful development strategies, they tend to be region-specific or constitute a relatively small number of cases. This book takes a more wide-ranging perspective involving a large number of country studies, spanning world regions and development levels.Less
In the development literature, some countries are cited more often than others as examples of development success. These countries are understood to have policies and institutions in place that could be transferred, at least in part, to less successful countries both within their own regions, and elsewhere in the world. As such, they may constitute ‘role models of development’. This scholarly volume contains historical accounts of a select set of successful countries in the developing world; successful by virtue of their growth and development path — albeit at times in an uneven, non-linear, and patchy manner. Each unique case describes the fundamental ‘causes’ of success: initial conditions and resources; local, regional, and international factors shaping the national state of affairs; contributions to the development process by internal and external actors and institutions. Each country has a story to tell from where useful lessons can be drawn. While other similar works have presented cases of successful development strategies, they tend to be region-specific or constitute a relatively small number of cases. This book takes a more wide-ranging perspective involving a large number of country studies, spanning world regions and development levels.
James V. Wertsch
- Published in print:
- 1997
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195117530
- eISBN:
- 9780199846917
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195117530.003.0005
- Subject:
- Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
This chapter looks at a set of metaphors mainly in connection with written and spoken texts. This means that when considering the issue of whether one is operating in one's own or another's space, ...
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This chapter looks at a set of metaphors mainly in connection with written and spoken texts. This means that when considering the issue of whether one is operating in one's own or another's space, the concern is with whether one is operating with one's own or with the other's language, narrative, “social language” or other form of textual space. An example involving the production and consumption of historical accounts about a nation-state is reported. The chapter uses an episode from Estonian history as the focus of the analysis. This is the events surrounding the incorporation of Estonia into the Soviet Union in 1940. The historical accounts that were officially taught and learned in schools and promulgated through other institutions such as the popular media during the Soviet era rather than those that have emerged after independence are also addressed. Some elements of contextual variability associated with the use of cultural tools are presented. The notion of appropriation through various phases are elaborated and reformulated.Less
This chapter looks at a set of metaphors mainly in connection with written and spoken texts. This means that when considering the issue of whether one is operating in one's own or another's space, the concern is with whether one is operating with one's own or with the other's language, narrative, “social language” or other form of textual space. An example involving the production and consumption of historical accounts about a nation-state is reported. The chapter uses an episode from Estonian history as the focus of the analysis. This is the events surrounding the incorporation of Estonia into the Soviet Union in 1940. The historical accounts that were officially taught and learned in schools and promulgated through other institutions such as the popular media during the Soviet era rather than those that have emerged after independence are also addressed. Some elements of contextual variability associated with the use of cultural tools are presented. The notion of appropriation through various phases are elaborated and reformulated.
Nigel Vincent
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199589982
- eISBN:
- 9780191728884
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199589982.003.0020
- Subject:
- Linguistics, Syntax and Morphology, Historical Linguistics
This chapter considers the place of ‘pure’ morphology in the analysis of periphrastic members of paradigms, making particular reference to the Latin participles in ‐urus, ‐tus, and ‐ns and their ...
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This chapter considers the place of ‘pure’ morphology in the analysis of periphrastic members of paradigms, making particular reference to the Latin participles in ‐urus, ‐tus, and ‐ns and their subsequent history in Romance. We conclude that in most cases, even at late historical stages, a compositional analysis is available if the right theoretical tools are deployed, and consequently that the role of autonomous morphology in periphrasis is severely restricted.Less
This chapter considers the place of ‘pure’ morphology in the analysis of periphrastic members of paradigms, making particular reference to the Latin participles in ‐urus, ‐tus, and ‐ns and their subsequent history in Romance. We conclude that in most cases, even at late historical stages, a compositional analysis is available if the right theoretical tools are deployed, and consequently that the role of autonomous morphology in periphrasis is severely restricted.
Joel Bernstein
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199236565
- eISBN:
- 9780191707940
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199236565.003.0001
- Subject:
- Physics, Crystallography
This chapter provides a general introduction to the topic. It provides definitions of terms used by practitioners (e.g., polymorphism, solvates, hydrates, pseudopolymorphism) and conventions for ...
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This chapter provides a general introduction to the topic. It provides definitions of terms used by practitioners (e.g., polymorphism, solvates, hydrates, pseudopolymorphism) and conventions for naming polymorphs. Following a foray into the statistics of the occurrence of polymorphism, the criteria for determining if a material is polymorphic are presented, and then a survey of the historical and modern literature sources of examples of polymorphic systems. The latter part of the chapter consists of an historical account of polymorphism, dating from its discovery in the early 19th century to modern times. It closes with an account of the commercial and industrial importance of polymorphism.Less
This chapter provides a general introduction to the topic. It provides definitions of terms used by practitioners (e.g., polymorphism, solvates, hydrates, pseudopolymorphism) and conventions for naming polymorphs. Following a foray into the statistics of the occurrence of polymorphism, the criteria for determining if a material is polymorphic are presented, and then a survey of the historical and modern literature sources of examples of polymorphic systems. The latter part of the chapter consists of an historical account of polymorphism, dating from its discovery in the early 19th century to modern times. It closes with an account of the commercial and industrial importance of polymorphism.
J. K. Barret
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781501702365
- eISBN:
- 9781501705878
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9781501702365.003.0002
- Subject:
- Literature, 16th-century and Renaissance Literature
This chapter presents a reading of Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene. It argues that Spenser’s poetry unsettles the credibility of both historical account and consequence, serving as a hinge between ...
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This chapter presents a reading of Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene. It argues that Spenser’s poetry unsettles the credibility of both historical account and consequence, serving as a hinge between an inaccessible past and an unknown future. The poem’s presentation of history and prophecy emphasizes the unstable aspects of both while the present gives shape to gaps and missing links. Through his treatment of time, Spenser foregrounds England’s simultaneous awareness of a lack of access to its own past and its overwhelming desire to aggrandize its origins. The poet manipulates familiar devices like prophecy and providential patterning to emphasize contingency over inevitability, thus illustrating that he does not merely report the past, but also plays a significant role in creating it.Less
This chapter presents a reading of Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene. It argues that Spenser’s poetry unsettles the credibility of both historical account and consequence, serving as a hinge between an inaccessible past and an unknown future. The poem’s presentation of history and prophecy emphasizes the unstable aspects of both while the present gives shape to gaps and missing links. Through his treatment of time, Spenser foregrounds England’s simultaneous awareness of a lack of access to its own past and its overwhelming desire to aggrandize its origins. The poet manipulates familiar devices like prophecy and providential patterning to emphasize contingency over inevitability, thus illustrating that he does not merely report the past, but also plays a significant role in creating it.
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226072791
- eISBN:
- 9780226072814
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226072814.003.0015
- Subject:
- History, Historiography
For one group of scholars, poststructuralist postmodernism's influence on history came in the context of a long-standing debate: the one about the role of the narrative in history. The key issue in ...
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For one group of scholars, poststructuralist postmodernism's influence on history came in the context of a long-standing debate: the one about the role of the narrative in history. The key issue in the debate was the historians' insistence on a strict separation of historical from fictional accounts (in modern terms, of historiography from literature). Aristotle's dictum that poetics was superior to history because it treated general rather than specific human situations has reverberated throughout the centuries. Historians would protest that the dictum was at least half wrong. In the nineteenth century, the so-called literary historians considered language to be the neutral medium in which findings about the past were symbolically expressed. Via style, language was granted a limited active role in constructing historical accounts.Less
For one group of scholars, poststructuralist postmodernism's influence on history came in the context of a long-standing debate: the one about the role of the narrative in history. The key issue in the debate was the historians' insistence on a strict separation of historical from fictional accounts (in modern terms, of historiography from literature). Aristotle's dictum that poetics was superior to history because it treated general rather than specific human situations has reverberated throughout the centuries. Historians would protest that the dictum was at least half wrong. In the nineteenth century, the so-called literary historians considered language to be the neutral medium in which findings about the past were symbolically expressed. Via style, language was granted a limited active role in constructing historical accounts.
Shahin Shah
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781447333302
- eISBN:
- 9781447333357
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447333302.003.0007
- Subject:
- Social Work, Communities and Organizations
This chapter features pictures produced by the author. They were commissioned in response to the ‘Imagine’ project's focus on the histories and cultures of Rotherham, particularly around the themes ...
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This chapter features pictures produced by the author. They were commissioned in response to the ‘Imagine’ project's focus on the histories and cultures of Rotherham, particularly around the themes of ‘silk and steel’. Furthermore, they offer a historical account of what it was like to come to the UK, but they also depict: a felt and embodied response to the hardships and loneliness of a young bride coming to the UK; the experience of a British Asian man working in the steel mills; a suitcase filled with special memories; and the visceral experience of racism for a young child. Taken together, these images are living history. The chapter describes them here in the context of the author's life in Rotherham.Less
This chapter features pictures produced by the author. They were commissioned in response to the ‘Imagine’ project's focus on the histories and cultures of Rotherham, particularly around the themes of ‘silk and steel’. Furthermore, they offer a historical account of what it was like to come to the UK, but they also depict: a felt and embodied response to the hardships and loneliness of a young bride coming to the UK; the experience of a British Asian man working in the steel mills; a suitcase filled with special memories; and the visceral experience of racism for a young child. Taken together, these images are living history. The chapter describes them here in the context of the author's life in Rotherham.
George P. Prigatano
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780198526544
- eISBN:
- 9780191689420
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198526544.003.0001
- Subject:
- Psychology, Neuropsychology
This chapter provides a brief history of cognitive rehabilitation. It reviews how brain injuries sustained in war have provided great stimulus ...
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This chapter provides a brief history of cognitive rehabilitation. It reviews how brain injuries sustained in war have provided great stimulus both to the theoretical foundations of neuropsychology, and to some of the early formulations of the process of rehabilitation. Historical accounts are always shaded by the perspective of the historian who recounts past events: thus multiple perspectives are needed when attempting to obtain an accurate history of cognitive rehabilitation.Less
This chapter provides a brief history of cognitive rehabilitation. It reviews how brain injuries sustained in war have provided great stimulus both to the theoretical foundations of neuropsychology, and to some of the early formulations of the process of rehabilitation. Historical accounts are always shaded by the perspective of the historian who recounts past events: thus multiple perspectives are needed when attempting to obtain an accurate history of cognitive rehabilitation.
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226072791
- eISBN:
- 9780226072814
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226072814.003.0017
- Subject:
- History, Historiography
Since the 1980s, the term metanarrative has replaced the formerly used phrase philosophy of history. The prefix meta (Greek for beyond) indicated a narrative that overarched other narratives. Like a ...
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Since the 1980s, the term metanarrative has replaced the formerly used phrase philosophy of history. The prefix meta (Greek for beyond) indicated a narrative that overarched other narratives. Like a philosophy of history, it linked smaller historical accounts together to a single narrative that stretched over long periods of time, if not all of history. Yet the use of the term metanarrative indicated more than a mere change in terminology. It signified the ascendancy of a way to make sense of history in accord with the postmodernist concept of truth. Philosophers of history had seen their task as the discovery of the overall meaning inherent in past events by discerning the permanent structures and forces at work in them. Metanarratives were seen, like all concepts and narratives, as linguistic constructs, which disclaimed any link to objective schemes of order and meaning. Such a link was blamed for all claims to a privileged position, illegitimate in terms of the poststructuralist postmodernist concept of truth.Less
Since the 1980s, the term metanarrative has replaced the formerly used phrase philosophy of history. The prefix meta (Greek for beyond) indicated a narrative that overarched other narratives. Like a philosophy of history, it linked smaller historical accounts together to a single narrative that stretched over long periods of time, if not all of history. Yet the use of the term metanarrative indicated more than a mere change in terminology. It signified the ascendancy of a way to make sense of history in accord with the postmodernist concept of truth. Philosophers of history had seen their task as the discovery of the overall meaning inherent in past events by discerning the permanent structures and forces at work in them. Metanarratives were seen, like all concepts and narratives, as linguistic constructs, which disclaimed any link to objective schemes of order and meaning. Such a link was blamed for all claims to a privileged position, illegitimate in terms of the poststructuralist postmodernist concept of truth.
Cynthia S. Hamilton
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- January 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780719096952
- eISBN:
- 9781781708729
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719096952.001.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, Criticism/Theory
This is the first book-length study of Sara Paretsky’s detective fiction. Paretsky is known for her influential V.I. Warshawski series, which transformed the masculine hard-boiled detective formula ...
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This is the first book-length study of Sara Paretsky’s detective fiction. Paretsky is known for her influential V.I. Warshawski series, which transformed the masculine hard-boiled detective formula into a vehicle for feminist values. But Paretsky does more than this. She uses contemporary instances of corporate malfeasance and political corruption to indict the indifference, inadequacy, and betrayals of institutions charged with promoting the public good. Her novels also illustrate the extent to which detective fiction acts as a literature of trauma, allowing Paretsky to address the politics of agency in ways that go beyond the personal, for trauma always has a social and a political dimension. She not only uses her detective to examine the dynamics and impact of coercive power, but also to explore potential strategies for resistance. Paretsky’s work also exploits the way detective fiction mirrors the writing of history. Here, Paretsky uses the form to expose the partiality of historical accounts—whether they be personal, institutional, or national—that authorise the ‘forgetting’ of a particularly insidious kind. Significantly, all these issues are explored within the framework of the traditional hard-boiled detective novel. As a result, Paretsky’s achievement forces us to acknowledge the deeply subversive potential of detective fiction. Paretsky has already been recognised as an important figure in the development of the hard-boiled tradition, but not, as this indicates, for all the right reasons. The book is essential reading for students and critics of detective fiction.Less
This is the first book-length study of Sara Paretsky’s detective fiction. Paretsky is known for her influential V.I. Warshawski series, which transformed the masculine hard-boiled detective formula into a vehicle for feminist values. But Paretsky does more than this. She uses contemporary instances of corporate malfeasance and political corruption to indict the indifference, inadequacy, and betrayals of institutions charged with promoting the public good. Her novels also illustrate the extent to which detective fiction acts as a literature of trauma, allowing Paretsky to address the politics of agency in ways that go beyond the personal, for trauma always has a social and a political dimension. She not only uses her detective to examine the dynamics and impact of coercive power, but also to explore potential strategies for resistance. Paretsky’s work also exploits the way detective fiction mirrors the writing of history. Here, Paretsky uses the form to expose the partiality of historical accounts—whether they be personal, institutional, or national—that authorise the ‘forgetting’ of a particularly insidious kind. Significantly, all these issues are explored within the framework of the traditional hard-boiled detective novel. As a result, Paretsky’s achievement forces us to acknowledge the deeply subversive potential of detective fiction. Paretsky has already been recognised as an important figure in the development of the hard-boiled tradition, but not, as this indicates, for all the right reasons. The book is essential reading for students and critics of detective fiction.
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780804756808
- eISBN:
- 9780804773683
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804756808.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, Social History
This chapter explores three published accounts of the 1752 trial of Mary Blandy for the murder of her father: William Roughead's The Trial of Mary Blandy (the trial narrative, published in Notable ...
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This chapter explores three published accounts of the 1752 trial of Mary Blandy for the murder of her father: William Roughead's The Trial of Mary Blandy (the trial narrative, published in Notable English Trials in 1914); Henry Fielding's Examples of the Interposition of Providence in the Detection and Punishment of Murder (1752); and Mary Blandy's Miss Blandy's Own Account of the Affair Between Her and Mr. Cranstoun (1752). The juxtaposition of the three narratives discloses the official investment in certain privileged narratives of authority and the still-powerful influence of the religious in the construction of the nomos. Those concerns are also shared by Fielding's story of God's intervention in securing Mary's apprehension. Even Mary's own narrative romanticizes the same set of ideological beliefs, despite its insistence on her innocence.Less
This chapter explores three published accounts of the 1752 trial of Mary Blandy for the murder of her father: William Roughead's The Trial of Mary Blandy (the trial narrative, published in Notable English Trials in 1914); Henry Fielding's Examples of the Interposition of Providence in the Detection and Punishment of Murder (1752); and Mary Blandy's Miss Blandy's Own Account of the Affair Between Her and Mr. Cranstoun (1752). The juxtaposition of the three narratives discloses the official investment in certain privileged narratives of authority and the still-powerful influence of the religious in the construction of the nomos. Those concerns are also shared by Fielding's story of God's intervention in securing Mary's apprehension. Even Mary's own narrative romanticizes the same set of ideological beliefs, despite its insistence on her innocence.
Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert and Martha Daisy Kelehan
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813032184
- eISBN:
- 9780813038766
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813032184.003.0007
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Latin American Studies
This chapter discusses and tries to uncover multiple meanings and alternative historical accounts implicit in paintings and literature that depict the ordeals of the Haitian “boat people” in their ...
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This chapter discusses and tries to uncover multiple meanings and alternative historical accounts implicit in paintings and literature that depict the ordeals of the Haitian “boat people” in their trans-Caribbean crossings. It investigates how Haitian painters have developed an iconography to create history paintings that seek to synthesize onto canvas one of the salient experiences of Haitian history, and how these images are echoed in Caribbean literature.Less
This chapter discusses and tries to uncover multiple meanings and alternative historical accounts implicit in paintings and literature that depict the ordeals of the Haitian “boat people” in their trans-Caribbean crossings. It investigates how Haitian painters have developed an iconography to create history paintings that seek to synthesize onto canvas one of the salient experiences of Haitian history, and how these images are echoed in Caribbean literature.
Augustin K. Fosu (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- May 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199671557
- eISBN:
- 9780191751059
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199671557.001.0001
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Development, Growth, and Environmental
In the development literature, some countries are cited more often than others as examples of development success. These countries are understood to have policies and institutions in place that could ...
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In the development literature, some countries are cited more often than others as examples of development success. These countries are understood to have policies and institutions in place that could be transferred, at least in part, to less successful countries both within their own regions, and elsewhere in the world. As such, they may constitute ‘role models of development’. This scholarly volume contains historical accounts of a select set of successful countries in the developing world; successful by virtue of their growth and development path—albeit at times in an uneven, non-linear, and patchy manner. Each unique case describes the fundamental ‘causes’ of success: initial conditions and resources; local, regional, and international factors shaping the national state of affairs; and contributions to the development process by internal and external actors and institutions. Each country has a story to tell from which useful lessons can be drawn. While other similar works have presented cases of successful development strategies, they tend to be region-specific or constitute a relatively small number of cases. This book takes a more wide-ranging perspective involving a large number of country studies, spanning world regions and development levels.Less
In the development literature, some countries are cited more often than others as examples of development success. These countries are understood to have policies and institutions in place that could be transferred, at least in part, to less successful countries both within their own regions, and elsewhere in the world. As such, they may constitute ‘role models of development’. This scholarly volume contains historical accounts of a select set of successful countries in the developing world; successful by virtue of their growth and development path—albeit at times in an uneven, non-linear, and patchy manner. Each unique case describes the fundamental ‘causes’ of success: initial conditions and resources; local, regional, and international factors shaping the national state of affairs; and contributions to the development process by internal and external actors and institutions. Each country has a story to tell from which useful lessons can be drawn. While other similar works have presented cases of successful development strategies, they tend to be region-specific or constitute a relatively small number of cases. This book takes a more wide-ranging perspective involving a large number of country studies, spanning world regions and development levels.
Tess Chakkalakal
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- April 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780252036330
- eISBN:
- 9780252093388
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5406/illinois/9780252036330.003.0007
- Subject:
- Literature, African-American Literature
This concluding chapter turns to a new, yet old, slave fiction: Hannah Crafts' The Bondwoman's Narrative(2002). According to its editor, the novel was written by a female fugitive slave in the 1850s, ...
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This concluding chapter turns to a new, yet old, slave fiction: Hannah Crafts' The Bondwoman's Narrative(2002). According to its editor, the novel was written by a female fugitive slave in the 1850s, though it was never published during the author's lifetime. The book's gripping, visceral depictions of slave life and an escape to the North are familiar to readers of the slave narratives. From here, the chapter returns to the tension between history and fiction that was raised in the introduction. By doing so, the chapter considers Crafts' novel not as historical fact but as a slave fiction, a form that presents experience through the eyes of a slave. This perspective, fictional though it may be, offers readers today insights into the past that was not, for various reasons, contained by historical accounts of slavery.Less
This concluding chapter turns to a new, yet old, slave fiction: Hannah Crafts' The Bondwoman's Narrative(2002). According to its editor, the novel was written by a female fugitive slave in the 1850s, though it was never published during the author's lifetime. The book's gripping, visceral depictions of slave life and an escape to the North are familiar to readers of the slave narratives. From here, the chapter returns to the tension between history and fiction that was raised in the introduction. By doing so, the chapter considers Crafts' novel not as historical fact but as a slave fiction, a form that presents experience through the eyes of a slave. This perspective, fictional though it may be, offers readers today insights into the past that was not, for various reasons, contained by historical accounts of slavery.
Thomas Clarkson
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- March 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199916955
- eISBN:
- 9780190258368
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199916955.003.0051
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
This chapter presents excerpts from Thomas Clarkson's An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African (1786). In 1785, Clarkson won the Latin prize for an essay ...
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This chapter presents excerpts from Thomas Clarkson's An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African (1786). In 1785, Clarkson won the Latin prize for an essay writing competition that tackled the topic: “Is it lawful to enslave the unconsenting?” To answer the proposed question, Clarkson studied the Atlantic slave trade, reading books on the subject such as the Quaker Anthony Benezet's Historical Account of Guinea (1771). Clarkson's research for this essay changed the course of his life. After winning the competition, Clarkson experienced conversion, gave up his quest to become a clergyman, and dedicated his life to ending the slave trade. His Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species significantly led to a formal anti-slavery lobbying committee spearheaded by William Wilberforce.Less
This chapter presents excerpts from Thomas Clarkson's An Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species, Particularly the African (1786). In 1785, Clarkson won the Latin prize for an essay writing competition that tackled the topic: “Is it lawful to enslave the unconsenting?” To answer the proposed question, Clarkson studied the Atlantic slave trade, reading books on the subject such as the Quaker Anthony Benezet's Historical Account of Guinea (1771). Clarkson's research for this essay changed the course of his life. After winning the competition, Clarkson experienced conversion, gave up his quest to become a clergyman, and dedicated his life to ending the slave trade. His Essay on the Slavery and Commerce of the Human Species significantly led to a formal anti-slavery lobbying committee spearheaded by William Wilberforce.
