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‘A person of the second order’: the plight of the intellectually disabled in nineteenth-century Ireland
No full textGendering the asylums: Ireland and Scotland, 1847-1877
No full textBook abstract: A feminist and international perspective on Scottish, European and North American history. A series of essays offering a feminist and international perspective on Scottish, European and North American history, contribution of women to the creation of the welfare state and the varying treatment of men and women by asylums and reform schools are among the subjects considered
'Her Irish Heritage' : Annie M.P Smithson and autobiography
No full textThis paper examines some aspects of the work of Annie M.P. Smithson, the author of 21 romance novels between 1917 and 1946. Her attitudes towards women, religion and politics are explored, and the importance of autobiography in her fiction discussed.Cet article analyse divers aspects de l'oeuvre d'Annie M.P. Smithson, l'auteur de vingt et un romans 'romanesques' publiés entre 1917 et 1946. Il étudie son attitude concernant les femmes, la religion, la politique, ainsi que le rôle de l'autobiographie dans sa fiction.Walsh Oonagh. 'Her Irish Heritage' : Annie M.P Smithson and autobiography. In: Études irlandaises, n°23-1, 1998. pp. 27-42
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Final report on symphysiotomy in Ireland, 1944-1984
Full text linkThis Final Report is the culmination of a two-stage process aimed at fulfilling the request of the previous Minister for Health and Children (Mary Harney) in relation to the practice of symphysiotomy in Ireland. This first phase was an independent academic research report. The second phase involved consultation with relevant stakeholders to provide comment on the report. The first section of this Report comprises the draft report which was compiled with reference to printed sources, and the analysis of medical reports and research. This first stage did not involve interviews with individuals directly involved in symphysiotomies (mothers, practitioners and midwives in particular). This approach was central to the production of an independent report, compiled without influence or input from vested interests. Once the independent baseline was established, the researcher sought feedback from the stakeholders, and further input from those with direct experience in the procedure. From the announcement of this project, the author had unsolicited contact from various individuals with experience of the procedure, offering their perspectives. None of these offers of assistance were followed up, in order to ensure that the Draft Report remained free from influence from either proponents of the procedure, or opponents of it. Once that phase was complete, the author sought additional input in order to ensure that the present Final Report reflects as accurately as possible the history of symphysiotomy in Ireland (see consultation processbelow). This Final Report is in two sections: the first includes the findings of the Draft Report, which includes the academic study of symphysiotomy and its revival in Ireland. The second section includes the findings of the phase two, consultative process
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