Adoption and Victorian culture
In: The history of the family: an international quarterly, Band 11, Heft 4, S. 211-221
ISSN: 1081-602X
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In: The history of the family: an international quarterly, Band 11, Heft 4, S. 211-221
ISSN: 1081-602X
In: The economic history review, Band 28, Heft 2, S. 338
ISSN: 1468-0289
In: Cultural studies, Band 30, Heft 2, S. 183-204
ISSN: 1466-4348
In: Comparative studies in society and history, Band 39, Heft 4, S. 742-777
ISSN: 1475-2999
In 1866, theAtlantic Monthlypublished a fictional case study of an army surgeon who had lost all of his limbs during the Civil War. Written anonymously by American neurologist Silas Weir Mitchell, "The Case of George Dedlow" describes not only the series of wounds and infections which led to the amputation of all four of the soldier's arms and legs but also the after-effects of amputation. Reduced to what he terms "a useless torso, more like some strange larval creature than anything of human shape," Dedlow finds that in disarticulating his body, amputation articulates anatomical norms. His observation of his own uniquely altered state qualifies him to speak in universal terms about the relationship between sentience and selfhood: "I have dictated these pages," he says, "not to shock my readers, but to possess them with facts in regard to the relation of the mind to the body" (1866:5). As such, the story explores the meaning of embodiment, finding in a fragmented anatomy the opportunity to piece together a more complete understanding of how the body functions—physically and metaphysically—as a whole.
In: Nineteenth century prose, Band 26, Heft 1, S. 1-11
ISSN: 1052-0406
In: Nineteenth century prose, Band 35, Heft 2, S. 205-225
ISSN: 1052-0406
In: Social history of medicine, Band 18, Heft 1, S. 129-130
ISSN: 1477-4666
In: Nineteenth century prose, Band 28, Heft 1, S. 177-178
ISSN: 1052-0406
In: Social history, Band 34, Heft 3, S. 360-362
ISSN: 1470-1200
In: Feminist review, Band 71, Heft 1, S. 109-111
ISSN: 1466-4380
In: Journal of colonialism & colonial history, Band 6, Heft 3
ISSN: 1532-5768
In: Women's studies international forum, Band 16, Heft 5, S. 546
In: Labour / Le Travail, Band 32, S. 359
In: Cultura: international journal of philosophy of culture and axiology, Band 20, Heft 1, S. 125-135
ISSN: 2065-5002
Abstract: The environment is one of the salient issues that continues to challenge the political and cultural aspects of the society. The question that interrogates this paper is whether environmentalism is a modern phenomenon or has existed from the past? The paper also
exposes the importance of the environment in the 19th century and its relation to politics. By focusing on two novels by Captain Frederick Marryat, a conservative and right-wing writer, the paper shows the approach to environmentalism defended by Tory governments in the Victorian
period. Addressing also the topic of youth education through narrative fiction, the example of Captain Marratt's The Children of the New Forest (1847) and Masterman Ready (1841) offers insights into the relationship between education, sustainability and collective memory.
In: The journal of popular culture: the official publication of the Popular Culture Association, Band IX, Heft 3, S. 702-709
ISSN: 1540-5931