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A feminist narrative study of the maternity care experiences of women who were sexually abused in childhood
No full textBackground: One in five women experience childhood sexual abuse and these women may suffer trauma during childbirth. Their maternity care is often reminiscent of their abuse.Objective: To inform practice by exploring the impact that childhood sexual abuse has on the maternity care experiences of adult women.Design: This was a narrative study from a feminist perspective. The part of the study reported here utilised in-depth interviews with women. Data were analysed using the Voice-Centred Relational Method of analysis and further thematic analysis.Setting: Users of one maternity service in the South of EnglandParticipants: Nine women were interviewed following purposive sampling.Findings: The main themes identified were women?s narratives of self, women?s narratives of relationship, women?s narratives of context and the childbirth journey. The concept of silence linked all these themes and aspects of the study relating to it are reported here.Key conclusions and implications for practice: Every day midwives will encounter women who were sexually abused in childhood. Most of these women do not disclose to those caring for them and may not respond to a direct question. They will not necessarily be distinguishable from other women accessing maternity services but they may find their experiences deeply traumatic. Silence is a challenge for those providing their care. Open communication and a genuine interest in women as individuals are required. Midwives need to listen for the unspoken messages women are trying to convey. If all women were treated with dignity and respect more may emerge from the experience of childbirth feeling empowered rather than violated
Art and the artist in the literary works of Elsa Triolet
Get PDFThis thesis takes a representative selection of Triolet's works to study the themes of writing and creativity as they are presented in the novels. These are all portraits of artists and the accounts of the search for a synthesis of aesthetic freedom and ethical responsibility. It considers Triolet's importance as a foreign writer, adopting a new creative language to be adopted by a different cultural
environment, to be essential in understanding her importance to the French literary tradition. By emphasising her formative years in the avant-garde circles of prerevolutionary Russia, my study demonstrates her considerable contribution to the meeting of Russian and French aesthetic theories. I extend this with close textual
readings of certain works to demonstrate her techniques in novelistic construction which reveal many Formalist practices before Formalist works in translation made
their official influence on creative methods.
The introduction considers the reasons for Triolet's neglect as a writer. It then considers various contemporary and recent critical appraisals which indicate
the interest she has received until present and which allow me to define my own critical approach. Part One traces Triolet's literary evolution from her formative
years in Russia, through exile to her first publications in Russian. It then considers her insertion into French literary activity, and her association with the schools of
socialist realism and the "nouveau roman".
Part Two examines two traditional novels which portray the creative and metaphorical roles of the artist and his work, showing the constant conflict between private and public lives. In Part Three, I show how aspects of novelistic
traditionalism are gradually foregrounded so that the work develops a dual-sided character where it both narrates and examines the processes of its own narration. In Part Four, this move to highly self-conscious aesthetics demonstrates an idiosyncratic exploration of new paths for the novel that bring visual, auditive and cinematographic media into the traditional domain of written art. Accompanying
the very post-modernist experimentation, I show how this research within the novel into the novel's own future has an ethical and redemptive purpose whose final conclusion is that creativity and human freedom are inexorably interwoven
The re-enactment of childhood sexual abuse in maternity care: a qualitative study
Get PDFBackground: The process of pregnancy and birth are profound events that can be particularly challenging for women with a history of childhood sexual abuse. The silence that surrounds childhood sexual abuse means that few women disclose it and those caring for them will often not be aware of their history. It is known from anecdotal accounts that distressing memories may be triggered by childbirth and maternity care but research data on the subject are rare. This paper explores aspects of a study on the maternity care experiences of women who were sexually abused in childhood that demonstrate ways that maternity care can be reminiscent of abuse. Its purpose is to inform those providing care for these women.Methods: The experiences of women were explored through in-depth interviews in this feminist narrative study. The Voice-Centred Relational Method and thematic analysis were employed to examine interview data.Results: Women sometimes experienced re-enactment of abuse through intimate procedures but these were not necessarily problematic in themselves. How they were conducted was important. Women also experienced re-enactment of abuse through pain, loss of control, encounters with strangers and unexpected triggers. Many of these experiences were specific to the woman, often unpredictable and not necessarily avoidable. Maternity care was reminiscent of abuse for women irrespective of whether they had disclosed to midwives and was not necessarily prevented by sensitive care. ‘Re-enactment of abuse’ occurred both as a result of events that involved the crossing of a woman’s body boundaries and more subjective internal factors that related to her sense of agency.Conclusions: As staff may not know of a woman’s history, they must be alert to unspoken messages and employ ‘universal precautions’ to mitigate hidden trauma. Demonstrating respect and enabling women to retain control is crucial. Getting to know women is important in the building of trusting relationships that will facilitate the delivery of sensitive care and enable women to feel safe so that the re-enactment of abuse in maternity care is minimised.<br/
Montgomery on informed consent: an inexpert decision?
Get PDFMontgomery v Lanarkshire HB is a deeply troubling decision when read closely. Paradoxically, its ruling supporting the principle of autonomy could be justified only by disregarding the individual patient's actual choices and characteristics in favour of a stereotype. The decision demonstrates a lack of expertise in dealing with specific clinical issues and misrepresents professional guidance. More fundamentally, it fails to appreciate the nature of professional expertise. This calls into question the competence of the courts to adjudicate on matters of clinical judgement and makes an attractive formulation of the test for disclosure obligations inherently unpredictable
«Where there is no vice of exterminating poets»: Elsa Morante and The world saved by kids
No full textreservedIn questo elaborato verrà analizzato il libro più eccentrico di Elsa Morante: Il mondo salvato dai ragazzini.
Dopo un iniziale inquadramento storico e una precisazione in merito al genere letterario in cui l'opera rientra, si analizzeranno gli influssi che la cultura orientale ha avuto sull'opera e i rimandi intertestuali con Simone Weil, dichiarato modello dell'autrice.
Si passerà poi a un'analisi più puntuale sulla terza sezione: le Canzoni popolari, e si spiegherà dettagliatamente chi siano i Felici Pochi e i ragazzini a cui Elsa Morante affida il compito di salvare il mondo.
Per concludere si porteranno degli esempi puntuali di Felici Pochi anonimi, mettendoli in relazione con alcuni personaggi di un'altra importante opera della stessa autrice: La Storia.This paper will analyse Elsa Morante's most eccentric book:The World Saved by Little Kids.
After an initial historical background and a clarification regarding the literary genre in which the work falls, the influences that Eastern culture had on the work and the intertextual cross-references with Simone Weil, the author's declared model, will be analysed.
It will then turn to a more pointed analysis on the third section: the Folk Songs, and will explain in detail who the Happy Few and the little kids are to whom Elsa Morante entrusts the task of saving the world.
To conclude, timely examples of anonymous Happy Few will be brought in, relating them to some of the characters in another important work by the same author, The Story
Elsa Oestreicher Collection 1878-1963 bulk: 1942-1945
No full textElsa Oestreicher, the wife of a physician, had a successful career of her own as a cooking teacher instructor and author of cookbooks. Series II and III of the collection comprise her notes on Theresienstadt, written in camp from 1942 to 1945, as well as a collection of poems from the same time. Moreover, the collection contains concentration-camp insignia, such as yellow “Jew” stars, camp money, ration cards, a library card, working papers etc. Further items of the collection are certificates related to her profession, culinary arts material, correspondence with relatives and former students and family papers as well as memoirs written by Elsa Oestreicher, which provide detailed genealogical information on her ancestors.Some handwritten notes, written in Theresienstadt and Deggendorf (box 1, folder 4) are available in electronic form in an English translation by Vernon Mosheim.Photographs of Jewish communities of Beerfelden and Frankfurt am Main have been removed to the LBI Photograph CollectionElsa Herz was born in Berlin on November 6, 1878, the first child of Salomon Herz and Anna Margarete Alexander. In 1898 she married the physician Dr. Jacques Oestreicher and in 1899 their daughter Anni Henriette Oestreicher, who immigrated to the U.S. in 1935, was born. During World War I Elsa Oestreicher worked as a Hilfsschwester (assistant nurse) for the Red Cross for more than 4 years and received two medals, a Zivilverdienstkreuz and the Rote Kreuzmedaille, for her efforts. After World War I she worked as a cooking instructor for about five years at the Schule der Hausfrauen (Am Karlsbad 13) and wrote a number of cookbooks. Due to growing anti-Semitism she had to give up her position there and she opened a private cooking school which operated successfully until Elsa was at first forbidden to instruct Christian students and later on, to teach Jewish students as well. After that, Elsa Oestreicher worked in a Jewish hospital, the Siechenheim der Reichsvereinigung in Gross-Lichterfelde and when it was dissolved, in the kitchen of the Durchgangslager (transit camp), Grosse Hamburgerstrasse. Three months after her husband’s death in August 1942, she was deported to Theresienstadt on November 4, 1942. In Theresienstadt Elsa Oestreicher worked as a cook, a cooking instructor and as head of the soup-kitchen. After the liberation of Theresienstadt she had to stay at the Displaced Persons Center Deggendorf until she immigrated via Sweden to the United States in 1946, where she died in New York in 1963.3-page inventory.digitizedBeerfelden ; Frankfurt am Mai
Charging tenants with maintenance fees. Analysis on the basis of tax on goods and services
No full textArtykuł opublikowany w czasopiśmie "Przegląd Prawniczy Europejskiego Stowarzyszenia Studentów Prawa ELSA Poland" w zeszycie 1/2013, został wyłoniony w drodze konkursów organizowanych przez Grupy Lokalne ELSA Poland w 2013r.This article identifies key problems connected with imposing a value added tax on re-invoicing
the costs of utilities relating to rental agreement. I throws doubt on whether all the supplies which the
landlord makes to the tenant constitute a single supply from the point of view of VAT. Author discusses
possible classification of above -mentioned transaction for VAT purposes (i.e. as an autonomous and
separate from tenancy supply or as a indivisible economic supply which it would be artificial to split
rental component). It also gives the readers the insight into tax consequences of designed legal and tax
classifications. Moreover, the article shows differences between standpoints presented in a recent
interpretation issued by tax authorities and judicial decisions. It also gives an overview of the most
recent judicial practice of the Court of Justice of the EU connected with re-invoicing service charge.
Author emphasizes the relevance of judgments issued by the CJEU (especially the verdict
on 27 September 2012 in case C-392/11 Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP v. Commissioners for Her
Majesty’s Revenue and Customs which seems to play a major part in resolving the dispute in question)
Voicing the silence: the maternity care experiences of women who were sexually abused in childhood
No full textChildhood sexual abuse is a major, but hidden public health issue estimated to affect approximately 20% of females and 7% of males. As most women do not disclose to healthcare professionals, midwives may unwittingly care for women who have been sexually abused. The purpose of this study was to address the gap in our understanding of women’s maternity care experiences when they have a history of childhood sexual abuse with the aim of informing healthcare practice.This narrative study from a feminist perspective, explored the maternity care experiences of women who were sexually abused in childhood. In-depth interviews with women, review of their maternity care records and individual and group interviews with maternity care professionals were conducted. The Voice-centred Relational Method (VCRM) was employed to analyse data from the in-depth interviews with women. Thematic analysis synthesised findings, translating the women’s narratives into a more readily accessible form. The main themes identified were: narratives of self, narratives of relationship, narratives of context and the childbirth journey. Medical records provided an additional narrative and data source providing an alternative perspective on the women’s stories. Silence emerged as a key concept in the narratives. This thesis contributes to ‘Voicing the silence’.The particular contribution of the study is its focus on the women’s voices and the use and development of VCRM to listen to them. It highlights where those voices are absent and where they are not heard. Women want their distress to be noticed, even if they do not want to voice their silence. The challenge for those providing maternity care is to listen and respond to their unspoken messages and to hear and receive their spoken ones with sensitivity
El Tlacuache Núm. 655 (2015). 655 Año 13 (2015) enero. El Tlacuache
No full textEl maíz y la cultura campesina en Morelos por Elsa Guzmán Gómez
“Welcome to America”: Immigrants’ perceptions of welcomeness as a factor in L2 acquisition
Get PDFMàster de Lingüística Aplicada i Adquisició de Llengües en Contextos Multilingües, Departament de Filologia Anglesa i Alemanya, Universitat de Barcelona, Curs: 2018-2019, Tutor: Elsa TragantThe present study seeks to gain new insights into the L2 acquisition process of immigrants learning English in the United States by investigating the hypothesized role of a new construct in SLA: Welcomeness. Welcomeness refers to the L2 learner’s perceptions of the L2 community’s attitudes toward the learner—particularly the extent to which the L2 learner feels respected, accepted, and supported by the L2 community. Drawing on the theoretical framework of Gardner’s (1985b) Integrative Motivation complex, the investigation aimed to explore whether Welcomeness is a distinct construct, whether it can be reliably measured, and what its relationship might be to other factors in L2 acquisition. Data were collected via a sociolinguistic questionnaire specifically developed for this study, which was distributed to 29 immigrant English learners in Nashville, Tennessee. Factor analysis and assessment of internal reliability found evidence that Welcomeness is a distinct, measurable construct. Further statistical analysis found a positive relationship between Welcomeness and learners’ self-reported English proficiency, as well as their intention to continue residing in the United States for the foreseeable future. The directionality of these relationships, however, was unable to be assessed. The paper concludes with several caveats and ideas for future research into the impact of Welcomeness on immigrants’ L2 acquisition
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