391 research outputs found
At the intersection of disability and masculinity: Exploring gender and bodily difference in India
No full textThis is the accepted version of the following article: STAPLES, J. (2011), At the intersection of disability
and masculinity: exploring gender and bodily difference in India. Journal of the Royal Anthropological
Institute, 17: 545–562. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2011.01706.x, which has been published in final form at
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9655.2011.01706.x/abstract.Despite a conventional view that bodily impairments are necessarily interpreted as emasculating and negative, this article – drawing on ethnographic fieldwork with men affected by leprosy and by cerebral palsy (CP) in India – offers a more nuanced account of how disabled men negotiate their gendered identities. Different kinds of impairments have very specific, context-defined, meanings that, in turn, have different implications for how gender and disability might intersect. Rather than diminishing masculinity in all instances – some bodily differences, as the article demonstrates, might even be enacted as hyper-masculine – impairments are shown rather to reshape understandings of the masculine in sometimes unexpected ways. And while my informants were constrained both by ableist norms and by the biological limitations of their own bodies, ambivalence towards certain forms of masculinity also afforded them space to perform their identities more creatively, sometimes to potentially positive effect.The Economic and Social Research Council and the British Academy
CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS’S FANTASTIC STORY
No full textRad predstavlja priču Lav, Vještica i ormar iz ciklusa Kronike iz Narnije britanskog pisca irskog podrijetla Clivea Staplesa Lewisa (1898.-1963.) s ciljem utvrđivanja osebujnosti Lewisove varijante fantastične priče. Polazi se od odabrane literature gdje se bez iznimke problematizira kršćanski podtekst, koji je Lewis uključio u sve priče narnijskoga ciklusa, te elementi više književnih vrsta pored fantastične priče, kao što su bajka, mit, priča o životinjama i romansa.The paper presents story The Lion, the Witch and the wardrobe from series Chronicles of Narnia, written by British author of the Irish origins Clive Staples Lewis (1898.-1963.) with the aim to establish the singuliarities of Lewis’s fantasy story. There are considered selected literature and sources that without exception speak about Christian subtext, which Clive Staples Lewis incorporated in all of narnian stories, as well as about the elements of various genres alongside fantasy, such as fairy tale, myth, animal stories and romance. In the story The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe Clive Staples Lewis used the structure of the fantasy story, marked in the tradition of English children’s literature with Lewis Carroll’s fantasy stories Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice found there. As esteemed scholar and expert for English medieval and renaissance literature Lewis included in his story elements of romance and Christian subtext, influenced by his religious believes that he intended to pass to the young readers as a form of their reading pre-baptism
A study of the transport of solids in hospital above ground drainage systems
No full textThis thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.The transport of solids in "horizontal" above ground drainage pipes was the subject of an investigation aimed at establishing
a method for the design of deposit free drainage systems. Tests were based on the measurement of solid velocity in a discharge
pipe of variable gradient, the solid being a maternity pad either with or without three paper towels. A test rig capable of supporting discharge pipes of various
materials, enabling the incorporation of bends and junctions, was employed and an instrumentation method for measuring solid velocity, depth of flow and rate of flow was developed. Results showed that solid velocity in straight discharge pipes can
be characterized by three separate zones of flow, the second zone being the most fundamental, with solid velocity defined by an equation of the form V = (C1-C2)*Sqrt(L/G), where C1 and C2 are empirical coefficients, L is the distance travelled from the w.c. discharge and G is the pipe gradient. The limits of the flow zones
can be defined by values of Sqrt(L/G), the larger limit defining the maximum length of deposit free discharge pipe at any gradient. The effect of pipe fittings on the velocity of the solid can be represented by a sharp velocity reduction followed by a gradual
velocity regain and may be ignored as long as the pipe fitting is positioned approximately 5 metres before the end of the second flow zone conditions, as defined by a value of Sqrt(L/G), thus allowing sufficient length for the velocity to regain its straight pipe characteristic value. A design method is presented, based on the experimental data collected, which in its present form can be applied to check for the possible deposition of Solids within the "horizontal" discharge pipe system,
either due to traversing excessive lengths of horizontal pipework or as a result of bend or junction positioning.This work is supported by DHSS Commission Number H70/R/E/74Y(230
Psychometric properties of the GAD-Q-IV and DERS in older community-dwelling GAD patients and nonanxious controls
No full textRecent research suggests that generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) in late life is common (Flint, 2005) and is associated with severe consequences, such as decreased life satisfaction and increased risk of physical disability (De Beurs et al., 1999). Yet, our understanding of this disorder in late life, including knowledge of efficient assessment tools, lags behind our growing knowledge of GAD in younger adults. The current study investigated the psychometric properties of the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Questionnaire for DSM-IV (GAD-Q-IV; Newman et al., 2002) and the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS; Gratz & Roemer, 2004) in a community-dwelling, older adult population. Thirty-seven adults diagnosed with GAD and 37 controls (all age 60 or older) completed the GAD-Q-IV, DERS, and other measures of anxiety and depression. Both measures were assessed for internal consistency reliability, construct validity (convergent and discriminant), and test-retest reliability, all of which indicated good psychometric performance. Receiver operating characteristic analyses suggested that the optimal cutoff for diagnosing GAD in this sample was 3.71, with .97 sensitivity and .92 specificity. However, including only those participants diagnosed with GAD in addition to another Axis I disorder (e.g., social phobia, dysthymia, panic disorder with or without agoraphobia; n = 18), revealed a higher optimal cutoff score (4.42; 100% sensitivity and 92% specificity). ROC analyses also revealed an optimal DERS cutoff score of 62.5, which achieved .76 sensitivity and .86 specificity. Findings from the current study support the utility of an emotion regulation deficit model of late-life GAD, and are discussed in relation to age specific characteristics of worry and GAD.M.S.Includes bibliographical referencesby Alison Mary Staple
Social rights and economics : claims to health care and education in developing countries
No full textThe author analyzes contemporary rights-based and economic approaches to health care and education in developing countries. He assesses the foundations and uses of social rights in development, outlines an economic approach to improving health and education services, and then highlights the differences, similarities, and the hard questions that the economic critique poses for rights. The author argues that the policy consequences of rights overlap considerably with a modern economic approach. Both the rights-based and the economic approaches are skeptical that electoral politics and de facto market rules provide sufficient accountability for the effective and equitable provision of health and education services, and that further intrasectoral reforms in governance, particularly those that strengthen the hand of service recipients, are needed. There remain differences between the two approaches. Whether procedures for service delivery are ends in themselves, the degree of disaggregation at which outcomes should be assessed, the consequences of long-term deprivation, metrics used for making tradeoffs, and the behavioral distortions that result from subsidies are all areas where the approaches diverge. Even here, however, the differences are not irreconcilable, and advocates of the approaches need not regard each other as antagonists.Health Monitoring&Evaluation,Health Systems Development&Reform,Decentralization,Public Health Promotion,Early Child and Children's Health,Health Monitoring&Evaluation,Health Economics&Finance,Poverty Assessment,Agricultural Knowledge&Information Systems,Gender and Education
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail (1982 program)
No full textPerformed March 25-26, 1982.
Cast:Walso: Vic PharesLydian: Debbie YoungMother: Rona LyonHenry: Robin CannonJohn: Barry FiskBailey: Jerry JusticeDeacon Ball: Kimball CrumEllen: Melinda LaFeversSam Staples: Dwaine PolkEdward: Michael OrganFarmer: Darrell GentryWoman: Stevie BirdCongressman Lincoln: Blake Eubankshttps://scholarworks.harding.edu/theatre-history/1086/thumbnail.jp
THE BEGINNING OF THE END: AN ECOCRITICISM ANALYSIS ON CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS’ THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LAST BATTLE
No full textThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Last Battle was written by Clive Staples Lewis in
1956. It is the last novel in The Chronicles of Narnia series. In the last battle, lewis
brings The Chronicles of Narnia to an end. Narnia has experienced a long period of
peace. But, suddenly this condition change when an ape named Shift manipulates the
Narnians using lion skin to present Aslan. Shift orders the Talking Beasts to work as
slave for the Calormenes, and to cut down Talking Trees for lumber. In the end of
story, the real Aslan comes to Narnia and calls Father Time to make natural disaster
in Narnia world. So, there are some environmental issues which are represented
clearly in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Last Battle.
I use Ecocriticism theory by Greg Garrard to analyze the problems that occur from
the story of the novel. There are three problems to discuss in this research. The first is
about representation and treatment to the nature and the animals. The second is about
natural disaster which make Narnian world destroyed. The last is about ideological
position of the author.
The result of this research show environmental issues which appear in the novel such
as, huge deforestation in Narnian forest, exploitation toward animals, and the
apocalypse. Clive Staples Lewis as the author has ideologies that give influences to
his literary work. Lewis criticizes the environmental issues through the story in his
novel with the representation of exploitation and natural disaster
THE BEGINNING OF THE END: AN ECOCRITICISM ANALYSIS ON CLIVE STAPLES LEWIS’ THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LAST BATTLE
No full textThe Chronicles of Narnia: The Last Battle was written by Clive Staples Lewis in
1956. It is the last novel in The Chronicles of Narnia series. In the last battle, lewis
brings The Chronicles of Narnia to an end. Narnia has experienced a long period of
peace. But, suddenly this condition change when an ape named Shift manipulates the
Narnians using lion skin to present Aslan. Shift orders the Talking Beasts to work as
slave for the Calormenes, and to cut down Talking Trees for lumber. In the end of
story, the real Aslan comes to Narnia and calls Father Time to make natural disaster
in Narnia world. So, there are some environmental issues which are represented
clearly in The Chronicles of Narnia: The Last Battle.
I use Ecocriticism theory by Greg Garrard to analyze the problems that occur from
the story of the novel. There are three problems to discuss in this research. The first is
about representation and treatment to the nature and the animals. The second is about
natural disaster which make Narnian world destroyed. The last is about ideological
position of the author.
The result of this research show environmental issues which appear in the novel such
as, huge deforestation in Narnian forest, exploitation toward animals, and the
apocalypse. Clive Staples Lewis as the author has ideologies that give influences to
his literary work. Lewis criticizes the environmental issues through the story in his
novel with the representation of exploitation and natural disaster
Esperança, transposição e glória : uma abordagem temática à Escatologia de Clive Staples Lewis
No full textA presente dissertação tem como objectivo dar a conhecer alguns temas relacionados com a teologia escatológica presente nas obras de Clive Staples Lewis. Neste sentido são expostos os temas da virtude da Esperança; o conceito lewisiano de Transposição, que descreve a relação entre as realidades naturais e as sobrenaturais; os dotes e qualidades aos quais a Criação é elevada na glória do Céu. A monografia expõe ainda uma biografia do autor e põe em relevo as suas influências literárias, filosóficas e teológicas. Desta forma, pretendemos mostrar a importância do pensamento de Lewis no contexto da antropologia escatológica.This dissertation aims to make known some themes related to the eschatological theology present in the works of Clive Staples Lewis. In this sense, the exposed themes are the virtue of Hope; the lewisian concept of Transposition, which describes the relationship between natural and supernatural realities; the gifts and qualities to which Creation is raised in the glory of Heaven. The monograph also exhibits a biography of the author and highlights his literary, philosophical and theological influences. Therefore, we intend to show the importance of Lewis's thinking in the context of eschatological anthropology
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