Audacious Fusion: Thinking About Singaporean Cuisine

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole Tarulevicz
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Human Experience ◽  
Economic Transformation ◽  
The Body ◽  
Everyday Experience ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of ◽  
Scholarly Attention

This introductory chapter discusses the importance of studying the history of food in Singapore. Singapore's outstanding economic transformation since independence understandably dominates scholarly attention. However, it is through the bowls and plates of Singapore that one can read a significant portion of its history. For Singaporeans, the universal human experience of eating assumes a preeminent position in definitions of both the national and the lived everyday experience. As such, eating—the how and the what—provides a unifying experience amid diversity and becomes a metaphor for the fledgling state's multiracialism. This book focuses on the themes of cultural heritage, the family, and the body in understanding Singaporean food and its relationship to Singaporean society.

scholarly journals Escritura de mujeres, escritura de las diferencias

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesca Gargallo
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Sexual Difference ◽  
Women's Writing ◽  
The Body ◽  
Contemporary History ◽  
Narrative Poetry ◽  
Literatura Latinoamericana ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Way

Resumen: Se rastrea la historia contemporánea de la literaturalatinoamericana escrita por mujeres, mostrando temáticas queprofundizan en la diferencia sexual y sus consecuencias parala escritura. Se exploran las consecuencias para la narrativa yla poética de las autoras, de temas como la eroticidad femeninay la especificidad del cuerpo de la mujer, y el lugar que ésteocupa en las historias familiar, nacional y continental. Seindaga asimismo sobre las formas en las cuales sus narracionescontribuyeron al meta-relato del patriarcado latinoamericano.A la vez, en este trabajo se registran las huellas dejadas en lanarrativa y la poética de estas autoras por las resistenciasfemeninas frente al orden patriarcal.Palabras clave: Escritura de mujeres, Diferencia sexual, Feminismo,Literatura latinoamericana, Narrativa, PoéticaAbstract: The contemporary history of Latin American literaturewritten by women is traced, showing the themes that delve intosexual difference and its consequences for writing. Theconsequences of feminine eroticism and the specificity ofwomen’s bodies for the writers’ narratives and poetry areexplored, as well as the place the body occupies in the family,national and continental histories. The way in which theirnarratives contributed to the meta-story of Latin Americanpatriarchy is taken into account. At the same time, this paperrecords the imprints feminine resistance to the patriarchal orderleaves in these authors’ narrative and poetic work.Key words: Women’s writing, sexual difference, feminism,Latina American literatura, narrative, poetry

A Contribution to the Life-history of a Gnathostome

Parasitology ◽  
1925 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 237-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asa C. Chandler
Keyword(s):  
Life History ◽  
Intestinal Tract ◽  
The Body ◽  
Stomach Wall ◽  
Hollow Structures ◽  
Number Of Species ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of

The family Gnathostomidae contains several genera and a fair number of species of nematodes of rather aberrant type and of uncertain affinities. As pointed out by Baylis and Lane (1920) in their excellent revision of the family, there is little doubt but that it should be included in the superfamily Spiruroidea. The subfamily Gnathostominae is characterised by the possession of a head bulb containing four closed membranous hollow structures, called ballonets by Baylis and Lane, connected posteriorly with four elongate sac-like structures designated cervical sacs. Three genera are recognised in this sub-family as follows: Tanqua, in which the head bulb is provided with transverse cuticular ridges, and Echinocephalus and Gnathostoma in which the head bulb is provided with rows of thorn-like spines. In Echinocephalus the body is smooth and destitute of cuticular spines, whereas in Gnathostoma all or a large part of the body has rows of cuticular spines on the posterior edges of the annulations. The first two genera are parasitic in the intestinal tract of cold-blooded vertebrates, whereas Gnathostoma apparently has its normal habitat in the stomach wall of mammals, as Baylis and Lane have pointed out.

scholarly journals From Mary’s Motherhood to the Immaculate Conception: An Iconographic Analysis of Marian Art in Spain during the Tenth to Nineteenth Centuries

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (12) ◽  
pp. 1061
Author(s):  
Antonio Moreno-Almárcegui ◽  
Germán Scalzo
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Revolution ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Body ◽  
Christian Tradition ◽  
The West ◽  
Popular Piety ◽  
Immaculate Conception ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of ◽  
Popular Image

This article analyzes Marian art in Spain from the tenth to nineteenth centuries in order to show how popular piety represented Mary’s motherhood. Through art, including architecture, painting, sculpture, and oral preaching, a popular image of Mary emerged and, in turn, became key for understanding the history of the family in western Catholic countries. Studying the evolution of Marian iconography during this thousand-year period reveals a kind of grandeur, and then a certain crisis, surrounding Mary’s motherhood. This crisis specifically involves the meaning of the body as an effective sign of the personal gift-of-self. We argue that this process ran parallel to growing problems in theological culture related to reconciling the natural and supernatural realms, and we further sustain that it contains a true cultural revolution, a shift that is at the origin of many later transformations. This interpretation helps better understand the dilemmas surrounding the history of the family in the West, and specifically of motherhood, from the point of view of the Christian tradition.

A CASE OF HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC TENDENCY (HEMOPHILIA) REPORTED IN 1832 BY A PHYSICIAN PRACTICING IN SIMPSONVILLE, KENTUCKY

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 291-291
Author(s):  
T. E. C.
Keyword(s):  
The Body ◽  
Clinical Report ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of ◽  
Hemorrhagic Tendency ◽  
Clear Description

Credit is usually given to Dr. J. C. Otto (1774-1844) of Philadelphia for offering, in 1803, the first clear description of a bleeding disease affecting males and sparing females.1 Twenty-nine years later, Dr. James N. Hughes of Simpsonville, Kentucky, apparently unaware of Otto's report, published this succinct clinical report of a case of hemophilia, including the hereditary aspects of this disease.2 On visiting the house of a respectable farmer of this neighbourhood, my attention was directed to the case of a youth ten or twelve years old, which appeared to be rheumatic, and which was so pronounced. The correctness of my opinion was called in question by an old lady present, who was herself a member of the family, and intimately acquainted with the history of the case. On further inquiry I ascertained it to be one of hereditary origin, the rheumatism being only the sequel of another affection to which the boy had been subjected from infancy, viz. haemorrhage. Learning that this disease was common in every branch of the N. family, of which that of my friend Mr. P. was one, I enquired particularly concerning it, when the following facts were communicated: 1st. That spitting, vomiting and purging of blood; bloody urine; bleeding at the nose; extravasations of blood among the muscles and integuments of the body generally, especially of the extremities, producing dark discolorations and swelling, attended frequently, after a few days, continuance, with obtuse pain and stiffness, and copious and obstinate haemorrhage from very inconsiderable incisions, on whatever part of the body they are made, have been exceedingly common among the male members of the connection.

O Estudo da Morte e dos Cuidados Paliativos: Ausências no Currículo de Medicina./ The Study of Death and Palliative Care: Curriculum in the Absence of Medicine.

1970 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 74-86
Author(s):  
Maria das Graças Mota Cruz de Assis Figueiredo ◽  
Rita de Cassia M. T. Stano
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Professional Practice ◽  
Medical Schools ◽  
The Body ◽  
The Family ◽  
Current Scenario ◽  
History Of ◽  
Education In Brazil ◽  
De Medicina

O presente artigo acompanha a história da formação médica no Brasil e levanta algumas das origens do cenário atual da prática da medicina no país, considerada como bastante resolutiva na busca da cura do corpo, mas despreparada para a abordagem do sofrimento global que acompanha o processo de adoecimento e da morte. As autoras enfatizam a necessidade de reavaliação crítica dos currículos das escolas de formação médica, buscando-se aliar à excelência técnica da prática profissional, valores como o cuidado integral ao doente por detrás da doença, e a atenção às necessidades deste e da família quando se avizinha a morte. Com base na sua experiência no ensino da Disciplina de Tanatologia e Cuidados Paliativos em duas Faculdades de Medicina, o artigo aponta como um dos caminhos para a construção de uma nova base curricular, mais responsivo à necessidade de profissionais e doentes, o ensino desta Disciplina nas diversas escolas médicas do país.  Palavras-chave: Tanatologia, Cuidados Paliativos, Currículo.       ABSTRACT This article outlines the history of medical education in Brazil and raises some of the origins of the current scenario of medical practice in the country, considered as quite resolute in the pursuit of healing the body, but unprepared for addressing global suffering that accompanies the process of illness and death. The author emphasizes the need for critical reappraisal of curricula of medical education, seeking to combine technical excellence in professional practice, values ​​as comprehensive care for the patient behind the disease, and attention to the needs of the family and when approaching death. Based on his experience in teaching discipline Thanatology and Palliative Care in two medical schools, the article points out how one of the ways to build a new base curriculum more responsive to the needs of professionals and patients, the teaching of this discipline in several medical schools in the country.  Keywords: Thanatology, Palliative Care, Curriculum.   

scholarly journals Kobieta i jej rola w historii zbawienia według Klemensa Aleksandryjskiego

Vox Patrum ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 25-38
Author(s):  
Stanisław Łucarz
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Human Life ◽  
The Body ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Equal Rights ◽  
Clement Of Alexandria ◽  
The Family ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Way

The article focuses on the notion of femaleness and its role in the history of salvation in the works of Clement of Alexandria. Although these are not the central themes of his considerations, he reflects on this subject against the back­ground of his magnificent vision of the incarnation of the divine Logos. The be­getting or generating of Logos by Father is the first stage of the incarnation, which is followed by the next stages: the creation of the world and of human beings, the revelation in the Old Testament and – although not directly – in the Greek philosophy. The last stage is the incarnation in Jesus Christ. All this leads towards the divinization and the unity in God. Femaleness in Clement’s work should be considered as a part of cosmic dimensions. For him, men and women are substan­tially – i.e. on the level of their souls – equal, hence in the spiritual and intellectual dimension both sexes are vested with identical dignity and enjoy equal rights. The differences between sexes are located in the body and affect various aspects of human life, mostly biological and reproductive ones, not to mention the family, community and religious reality. In practice, it is the woman who is subordinated to man due to the fact, as Clement holds, that the female body is weaker than the male one, more subjugated to passivity, less perfect and more susceptible to pas­sions. For that reason, on the way to salvation, it is the man who is the head of the woman. However, it is not an absolute subjection. If the woman goes on the way to salvation (a Christian woman), and the man does not, the Lord is the head of the woman (the divine Logos, whom she follows). All these differences resulting from the possession of a body are eliminated in eschatology, in which will be the total equality. On that way to the eschatological fulfillment, the divine Logos is indispensable. He incarnates himself and comes to the world through a woman. He chooses what is weaker in order to reveal His power. This way it is a woman, and not a man, who first experiences His divinizing closeness and action.

Dynastic Structures and Capetian Throne-right: The Views of Giles of Paris

Traditio ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 33 ◽  
pp. 225-252 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew W. Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Thirteenth Century ◽  
Family Tree ◽  
National History ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Future ◽  
History Of ◽  
Louis The Pious ◽  
William The Conqueror ◽  
Scholarly Attention

The French royal genealogy compiled by Giles of Paris (1160? – before 1224) has received little scholarly attention, but it is an important source for the historical views of Capetian circles at the beginning of the thirteenth century. The work is an elaborate family tree which traces the royal succession from the legendary origins of the Franks to the contemporary heir to the throne, the future Louis VIII, who is identified on the chart as Ludouicus puer. Giles begins with a narrative of the history of Sicambria and of the entry of the Franks into Gaul which he illustrates with a table of the first Merovingians. The family tree then continues, indicating the length of each king's reign and giving historical notes on some rulers. The genealogy is traced in detail from Clovis through the sons of Louis the Pious, but afterward there appear only kings, and rarely their queens, except for the family of Louis VI, whose sons and eldest grandsons are shown. In addition, Giles traces the supposed Merovingian descent of the Carolingians, the descent of the Capetians from Robert the Brave, and the lines of many of the descendants of William the Conqueror. Giles's selection, presentation, and reworking of materials from his sources reveal a view which in some respects is original and in others, while derivative, is an unusually clear sketch of the dynastic schematization of the national history. The genealogy is an outline history of France which, although written at the beginning of a period of great historiographical activity and itself unlike other works of the time, has remained unedited and has never been seriously studied.

Introduction

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew B. Roller
Keyword(s):  
Social Dynamics ◽  
Social Hierarchy ◽  
The Body ◽  
Social Hierarchies ◽  
The Past ◽  
History Of The Body ◽  
Physical Environments ◽  
Sociocultural Approach ◽  
History Of

This introductory chapter talks about the upsurge of scholarly interest, over the past fifteen years, in Roman dining practices and foodways. The concerted attention of historians, archaeologists, and literary critics has greatly enhanced their understanding of the physical environments, social dynamics, and symbolic operations of the Roman convivium. The positions assigned to the guests, the kinds of food and entertainment on offer, and even the give-and-take of convivial conversation all participate in the construction and maintenance of social hierarchies. Being concerned with how bodily bearing relates to social hierarchy, the chapter pursues this sociocultural approach. It also seeks to contribute to a second area of burgeoning scholarly interest: the history of the body, and specifically of the ways in which a Roman's social position and subjectivity were expressed in and constructed through bodily dispositions and movements.

A Case of Saturnine Insanity

1886 ◽  
Vol 32 (137) ◽  
pp. 56-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. Hale White
Keyword(s):  
Family History ◽  
The Body ◽  
Quiet Sleep ◽  
Previous Night ◽  
Moderate Drinker ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of

Thomas H., æt. 40, was admitted into Guy's Hospital under my care on February 6th, 1886, for unconsciousness following fits. No family history of insanity or fits; father has gout, otherwise the family history is very good. The patient is a plumber. Ten years ago he had colic, and also eight years ago. Seven years ago he had “rheumatic gout,” to which he has been subject ever since. He has been a moderate drinker. On February 2nd he was troubled with a severer attack than usual of pain in the wrist. On February 4th in the evening he had a fit, commencing by his making a loud, shrill noise, rapidly followed by trembling in the body and limbs. He foamed at the mouth; the teeth were clenched; the eyes were staring. The fit lasted thirty minutes, when he seemed to recover himself, but on being spoken to did not answer, seeming stupid. He got up, dressed himself, and went downstairs. He appeared fairly well till five o'clock the next evening, during which time his power of speech partly returned. He expressed a wish to go to bed, which he did, and fell off into a quiet sleep, remaining undisturbed till 12 o'clock, when he had another fit resembling the first. This second one lasted for fifteen minutes, and about three minutes after it had ceased another took place. He then had a succession of them for about three hours, each being rather more maniacal than the previous. His voice entirely left him, and he again would or could not speak. A medical man administered a draught, after which the patient fell into a quiet sleep. He remained free from the fits till the following night, when he had another series rather severer than on the previous night. During this night the patient was very restless, getting out of bed and throwing his arms about. He became so violent that he had to be held down by four men. After a time he became quieter, and was brought to Guy's Hospital.

scholarly journals Abraham's sacrifice in the Qur'an: beyond the body

2011 ◽  
Vol 23 ◽  
pp. 55-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asma Barlas
Keyword(s):  
Common Ancestor ◽  
Focal Point ◽  
Family Resemblance ◽  
The Body ◽  
Christian Tradition ◽  
The Bible ◽  
The Family ◽  
History Of ◽  
Abrahamic Religions

It has been stated that the body has overtly or latently been a focal point in the history of the three Abrahamic religions’.  However, Islam’s scripture, the Qur’an, does not say that Abraham (Ibrahim in Arabic) binds his son’s body, nor is the body the focal point of the story—nor, indeed, is it of more than passing interest in Muslim history. This has lead me to question the tendency to homogenize the narrative of Abraham’s sacrifice and, by extension, the religions that claim their descent from him. There is no denying their family resemblance of course, but while the family may be Abraham’s, Abraham himself is not identical in the Qur’an and the Bible and neither are his trials. The term ‘Abrahamic religions’ is not very helpful here since, in spite of its linguistic pluralism, it obscures this crucial distinction between a genealogy that is shared and depictions of a common ancestor that are not. Nonetheless, it is more accurate than the standard alternative, ‘the Judeo-Christian tradition’, a phrase that papers over the fissures in this tradition while also excising Islam from what is surely an ‘interreligiously shared’ world. The author suggests that the only way to include Islam in this world does not have to be through an assimilative embrace that stifles its individuality; one could, instead, find ways to honour both the plurality of the Abrahamic tradition as well as the specificity of Islam within. The author recites the Qur’anic story of Abraham, as a way to unbind the lessons of his sacrifice from the body and also to illustrate the inappropriateness of using Isaac’s bound body as a universal template for all the Abrahamic religions. 

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