Reading the Irish woman: studies in cultural encounter and exchange, 1714–1960. By Gerardine Meaney, Mary O’Dowd and Bernadette Whelan. Pp 270. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. 2013. £75.

2015 ◽  
Vol 39 (155) ◽  
pp. 532-533
Author(s):  
Jennifer Redmond
Keyword(s):  
Irish Woman ◽  
Cultural Encounter

“Sou Inglesa! Sou Inglesa!”: Memórias de uma Menina Anglo-Portuguesa (1907-1930)

2017 ◽  
pp. 141-155
Author(s):  
Miguel Alarcão
Keyword(s):  
Everyday Life ◽  
Social History ◽  
Travel Literature ◽  
Growing Up ◽  
Recent Past ◽  
Self And Other ◽  
Cultural Encounter ◽  
The Social ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Times

Textualizing the memory(ies) of physical and cultural encounter(s) between Self and Other, travel literature/writing often combines subjectivity with documental information which may prove relevant to better assess mentalities, everyday life and the social history of any given ‘timeplace’. That is the case with Growing up English. Memories of Portugal 1907-1930, by D. J. Baylis (née Bucknall), prefaced by Peter Mollet as “(…) a remarkably vivid and well written observation of the times expressed with humour and not little ‘carinho’. In all they make excellent reading especially for those of us interested in the recent past.” (Baylis: 2)

Irish/woman/artwork: Selective Readings

1995 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hilary Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Women Artists ◽  
Irish Woman ◽  
Irish Women

This paper concentrates upon particular artworks from Irish women artists. It demonstrates that there are certain themes which recur in their artwork. These include dislocation, particularities about place and contestation around language, all of which are rooted in the lived experience of being Irish, being female and being an artist. At the same time the paper provides readings of this artwork which demonstrate that these experiences are diverse, and that the areas of representation within which the artists are working are socially produced constructs. There is therefore no romantic essentialist category of ‘Irish woman artist’, but rather the richly interplaying histories, readings and contexts of Irish/woman/artwork.

Interaction between patient and health professional

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita Naemi Holm
Keyword(s):  
Health Professional ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Richard Rorty ◽  
Cultural Encounter ◽  
Theoretical View ◽  
German Philosopher ◽  
The One ◽  
Hans Georg Gadamer ◽  
Shed Light ◽  
Do So

This article presents a theoretical view on culturally embedded thinking and action in encounters between patient and health professional. A key point of the analysis indicates that a highly efficient health sector may entail an implicit duality: on the one hand, the health professional can and often must relate pragmatically to the patient in order to solve problems and do so quickly, while on the other, the professional may be personally challenged when embedded cultural thinking leads to conflicts or dilemmas. This means that a purely pragmatic perspective will be challenged when such conflicts arise. The article looks at interrelated concepts such as ‘culture’, ‘prejudice’ and ‘meaning’ in order to shed light on the presuppositions that are brought into the cultural encounter between patient and health professional. This kind of analysis will hopefully contribute to a raised awareness of what is actually – apart from pragmatic problem solving – going on in such encounters. The conceptual framework used in this article primarily draws on the German philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer, which is contrasted with the pragmatic perspective from the American philosopher Richard Rorty.

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