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Moss, Miriam S., and Sidney Z. Moss. "Meaning of the Death of an Elderly Father: Two Sisters' Perspectives." OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 66, no. 3 (2013): 195–213. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/om.66.3.a.
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Multiple bereaved adult children, as siblings, have rarely been studied. We expand the paradigm of bereavement research to explore the ways that two sisters describe the experience and meaning of the death of their elderly father. The two sisters each participated in two separate qualitative ethnographic interviews, followed by standard qualitative analyses of the transcribed narratives. The findings yield contrasting perspectives of the sisters' disparate views of their family, of their father, and their views of each other, that provide insight into the complexity of the sharp differences in their reactions to their father's death. Their views of their father's death reflected their particular relationship with their father, their non-shared experiences over the life course, and their personal world views. Differences and contradictions in the views of multiple siblings can broaden our understanding of bereavement and of the processes central to parent-child ties at the end of life.
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AGOSTI, CHIARA, BARBARA BORRONI, NABIL AKKAWI, and ALESSANDRO PADOVANI. "Three sisters covering the transient global amnesia spectrum." International Psychogeriatrics 19, no. 5 (2007): 987–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1041610207005637.
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We report the case of an Italian family in which three sisters experienced transient global amnesia (TGA). Since its early description, this transitory pure memory deficit has attracted increasing interest, especially within the neurological community. In 1964 the term “TGA” was coined to identify the abrupt onset of anterograde amnesia, accompanied by repetitive queries lasting for hours and then gradually recovering, leaving an amnesic gap for the duration of the attack. Afterwards, many studies focused on TGA, and in 1990 clinical criteria were defined by Hodges and Warlow (1990). Further studies showed that meeting diagnostic criteria was a significant predictor for a better outcome than in other forms of transient amnesia, while amnesic patients who did not fulfil the TGA criteria had different outcomes. Precipitating and trigger events for TGA were identified and divided into physical and psychological factors (Inzitari et al., 1997; Quinette et al., 2006). Physical precipitants were found to be gardening, housework and sawing wood, contact with water and changes in body temperature occurring during hot baths or showers, or a cold swim at the swimming pool. Emotional trigger events included a major life or death event, emotional stress triggered by a gastric endoscopy, an exhausting work session, and anxiety resulting from conflicts at home or at work, health problems and money worries. Several hypotheses have been proposed for its pathogenesis such as psychogenic, venous dysfunction due to jugular venous valve incompetence, or ischemic aetiology, but the enigma of TGA still needs to be unravelled (Lewis, 1998; Akkawi et al., 2001).
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Pryds, Darleen. "Sister Death and the Care of All Creation: A Franciscan Argument for Green Burial." Religions 13, no. 9 (2022): 816. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel13090816.
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Since Jessica Mitford’s 1963 scathing critique of the mortuary business in the United States, there has been an ongoing debate about how best to honor and dispose of the dead in ways that do not exploit people. However, the backlash to predatory mortuary practices led to an impersonal and detached process culminating in online purchasing of post-mortem services. More recently, this discussion has expanded to consider the resulting psychological and spiritual detachment around end-of-life, and a return to natural, simple, and fully engaged burial practices, known as “Green Burial”, are being reintroduced and practiced. While many Catholic cemeteries still call the use of embalming and concrete vaults “traditional burial”, these expensive and unnecessary practices are only 150 years old and have significantly affected the natural environment. A different “traditional burial” is possible when using the model of Francis of Assisi himself who offers a more intimate model of dying and death by embracing his own death and calling it, “Sister Death”. This article will use the interdisciplinary approach of Christian Spirituality to explore the Franciscan concern with creation and link it to the burgeoning practice of Green Burial. A discussion of a Franciscan congregation that initiated the practice for their own sisters, the FSPA in La Cross, Wisconsin, will offer a concrete example of rationale, best practices, and challenges for those considering this as a personal option or as a community endeavor.
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Nastase, Florina. "Humour and Knowledge in Katherine Mansfield’s." University of Bucharest Review Literary and Cultural Studies Series 13, no. 1 (2023): 40–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.31178/ubr.13.1.4.
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The present study intends to look at the ways in which humour enacts modes of knowledge and self-expression in Katherine Mansfield’s short story “The Daughters of the Late Colonel” (1921). The story revolves around two spinsterly sisters who have spent most of their lives tending to their tyrannical father and now find themselves at a loss when they are finally free of him. The narrative is both sympathetic and merciless towards the sisters’ fumbling attempts at independence, but the women are often in on the joke; humour is both a “black dressing-gown” which envelops the sisters and renders them objects of ridicule, but it is also a way out, offering a subversive counterpoint to the voice of the Father, as the sisters imagine the patriarch in very comical and undignified positions, while perceiving themselves as outsiders, “creeping off…like black cats”. Though the short story has often been read in terms of hopelessness and despair by Rhoda B. Nathan and Gerri Kimber, this paper wishes to show how humour modulates and moderates this hopelessness, allowing for the two single women to assert their personality within the stifling society of their time. The ridiculous, in this case, does not need to be a death sentence, but rather a form of knowledge and resistance: the spinsters are aware of the absurdity of their condition and the futility of their place in the modern world and choose comedy over tragedy.
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Suitor, J. Jill, Megan Gilligan, Catherine Stepniak, Yifei Hou, and Robert Frase. "How Gender Shapes the Effects of Immediate Family Members’ Deaths on Adults’ Psychological Well-Being." Innovation in Aging 5, Supplement_1 (2021): 93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igab046.352.
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Abstract The deaths of family members constitute one of the most serious negative life events experienced in adulthood. The impact of these losses on psychological well-being may differ considerably by the structural relationship between the deceased and the survivors, and by the genders of both family members; however, few studies have been able to explore these variations by generation, gender, and time since death. In this paper, we use mixed-methods data to explore how depressive symptoms are affected differentially in adulthood by the deaths of mothers, fathers, and siblings, as well as by the gender of survivors. We address these questions using data collected from approximately 600 adult children nested within 250 later-life families, in which approximately 55% experienced the death of at least one parent and 15% experienced the death of a sibling in the previous decade. Preliminary multilevel regression analyses showed that deaths of siblings predicted sisters’ but not brothers’ depressive symptoms. In the case of parents, only mothers’ deaths were found to predict daughters’ depressive symptoms, whereas neither parents’ deaths predicted sons’ well-being. Further, these patterns differed little by time since death. Qualitative data revealed that women were more likely to report that both their mothers’ and siblings’ deaths had led to higher conflict within the sibling network, which previous research has shown predicts psychological well-being. Taken together, these findings demonstrate the salient role of gender in shaping well-being in the face of events of deaths of parents and siblings in adulthood.
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Hays, Judith C., Deborah T. Gold, and Carl F. Pieper. "Sibling Bereavement in Late Life." OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 35, no. 1 (1997): 25–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/ye89-2gu8-c8u3-mrnx.
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Elders are more likely to confront the death of a sibling than any other kinship bereavement. Yet we know almost nothing about the impact of sibling deaths on older adults. We used attachment theory to generate hypotheses about the impact of this life event on physical health, mood, social support, and economic outcomes in late life. At the Duke University site of a large multi-center epidemiologic study (EPESE), 3173 elderly community-dwellers provided data on bereavements experienced in the past year as well as on demographic, health-related, and socioeconomic characteristics. Bereaved siblings were more functionally and cognitively impaired than bereaved friends and rated their overall health as worse than bereaved spouses or bereaved friends who were similarly impaired. Brothers and sisters bereaved of a brother reported excess financial hardship and mood impairment, respectively. Terminal care programs should screen for excess risk among surviving siblings and plan for assisting these survivors in adaptation to this loss.
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Motte, Jeremias, Janina Kneiphof, Katrin Straßburger-Krogias, et al. "Hereditary defect of cobalamin metabolism with adolescence onset resembling multiple sclerosis: 41-year follow up in two cases." Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders 12 (January 2019): 175628641987211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1756286419872115.
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The cblC defect is the most common inborn error of cobalamin (Cbl) metabolism. Clinical severity and presentation of the cblC defect ranges from death to mild disability. Only 71 cases of late-onset cblC defect have been described in the literature. We provide the 41-year follow up of two siblings with a late-onset cblC defect, first described after initial diagnosis in 1996. While one of the siblings showed initial symptoms resembling multiple sclerosis with a good response to corticosteroids, the other sister showed only subclinical signs of the disease. The course of the first case was characterized by a severe deterioration and intensive-care therapy after respiratory failure. After diagnoses and Cbl treatment, the patient survived and showed a pronounced improvement of the symptoms. Both sisters have an active life and gave birth to healthy children. The reason for the initial improvement after corticosteroids could not be explained by the classical metabolic pathways of Cbl. Recent studies have suggested that Cbl plays an important role as a regulator of the balance between neurotrophic and neurotoxic factors in the central and peripheral nervous system (CNS and PNS). This first long-term follow up revealed that ultra-high-dose intramuscular Hydroxocobalamin (OH-Cbl) treatment can effectively protect patients from disease progression. It underlines the importance of diagnostic vigilance and laboratory work up even in cases without typical hematologic signs of Cbl deficiency. Cbl-related diseases are often a chameleon and must always be considered in the differential of demyelinating diseases of the PNS and CNS. The case supports the theory that it is not only the classical biochemical pathways that play a key role in Cbl deficiency, especially with regard to neurological symptoms.
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Salerno, Silvana. "The contribution of Italian migrant women in the New World to health and safety at work." La Medicina del Lavoro 109, no. 5 (2018): 391–402. https://doi.org/10.23749/mdl.v109i5.7379.
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Background: Many Italian migrant women left Italy for the United States of America (USA) in the years 1881-1932. In the USA they could only find poor jobs such as home work or unskilled jobs in the developing American manufacturing industries. Objectives: Analysis of the contribution of Italian migrant women to the improvement of working conditions in the USA. Methods: Five case-studies have been selected and analyzed by national and international literature. Results: Case studies were: 1. Florence Kelley’s research on insanitary working conditions among Sicilian home workers in Chicago (1899); 2. Death of forty-two Italian women in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York and the claim of Anna Gullo in the trial against the employers; 3. The report on the condition of Italian migrant women in the USA by Irene de Bonis dei Baroni de Nobili and the Women’s Trade Union League (1911); 4. The Maggia sisters Amelia, Quinta and Albina and the trial for compensation of radium related diseases (1928); 5. The contribution of Italian migrant Geraldina “Jennie” Sirchio to the T-room experiment at the Hawthorne Works in Chicago (1928). Conclusions: Italian migrant women, among others, played an important role in the USA social and economic development. Women were particularly exposed to infectious disease, fire risk, radium painting, repetitiveness, etc. Important trials, inquiries and legislation together with recognition of occupational diseases were fostered thanks to their often unknown sacrifice. Today as yesterday migrant workers should be valued and prevention improved.
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Silvana Salerno. "The contribution of Italian migrant women in the “New World” to the development of manufacturing industry." La Medicina del Lavoro 110, no. 5 (2018): 391–402. https://doi.org/10.23749/mdl.v110i5.7379.
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Background: Many Italian migrant women left Italy for the United States of America (USA) in the years 1881-1932. In the USA they could only find poor jobs such as home work or unskilled jobs in the developing American manufacturing industries. Objectives: Analysis of the contribution of Italian migrant women to the improvement of working conditions in the USA. Methods: Five case-studies have been selected and analyzed by national and international literature. Results: Case studies were: 1. Florence Kelley’s research on insanitary working conditions among Sicilian home workers in Chicago (1899); 2. Death of forty-two Italian women in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York and the claim of Anna Gullo in the trial against the employers; 3. The report on the condition of Italian migrant women in the USA by Irene de Bonis dei Baroni de Nobili and the Women’s Trade Union League (1911); 4. The Maggia sisters Amelia, Quinta and Albina and the trial for compensation of radium related diseases (1928); 5. The contribution of Italian migrant Geraldina “Jennie” Sirchio to the T-room experiment at the Hawthorne Works in Chicago (1928). Conclusions: Italian migrant women, among others, played an important role in the USA social and economic development. Women were particularly exposed to infectious disease, fire risk, radium painting, repetitiveness, etc. Important trials, inquiries and legislation together with recognition of occupational diseases were fostered thanks to their often unknown sacrifice. Today as yesterday migrant workers should be valued and prevention improved.
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Faull, Katherine. "Girl Talk: The Role of the "Speakings" in the Pastoral Care of the Older Girls' Choir." Journal of Moravian History 6, no. 1 (2009): 77–99. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/41179849.
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Abstract In marked contrast to contemporary eighteenth-century cultural and political inscriptions of the body, the Moravians articulated a radical body dialectic in which the natural manifestations of manhood and womanhood were considered to be integral elements of manifested spiritual consciousness. However, the positive corporeality of eighteenth-century Moravian faith attracted fierce criticism to the group, as the hyper-realistic linguistic and artistic depictions of the significance of the crucified Christ gave rise to virulent attacks on the ethical practices of the Moravian Church. From Goethe's age until now, both the parties of reason and religion have been fundamentally threatened by the intertwining of faith and the body and the concomitant spiritual and religious enactment in the Moravian Church. Tire Principia and the Instructions that were compiled by the synods directly after Zinzendorf's death constitute unique examples of a codification of what had been a tradition and rite within the renewed church since its very inception in 1722. This article examines the implementation of the Instructions specifically within the older girls' choir, the content of the Instructions, and explores the memoirs of eighteenth-century Bethlehem sisters for evidence of their efficacy.
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Ventura, Francesco, Rosario Barranco, Francesca Buffelli, Ezio Fulcheri, Domenico Coviello, and Antonella Palmieri. "Neonatal death of siblings with Uhl’s disease and KCNH2 mutation - A rare association." Annals of Pediatric Cardiology 17, no. 4 (2024): 292–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/apc.apc_122_24.
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ABSTRACT Uhl’s disease is a rare disorder secondary to the uncontrolled destruction of right ventricular myocytes during the perinatal period. We present here the case of a 1-month-old child who died suddenly of Uhl’s disease, which was only diagnosed at autopsy and histological examination. From an anamnestic point of view, the child’s sister had also died at about 1 month of age from the same pathology. In both cases, genetic tests showed a heterozygous mutation in the KCNH2 gene. The case that we presented is particularly significant as very few familial cases of Uhl disease have been described in the literature, and genetic analyses have been conducted in very few cases. It is possible that the observed mutation played a role in the onset of the disease process. However, further scientific studies with larger case series are needed to confirm our results.
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Ostalska, Katarzyna. "“Soldier Dolls, Little Adulteresses, Poor Scapegoats, Betraying Sisters and Perfect Meat”: The Gender of the Early Phase of the Troubles and the Politics of Punishments against Women in Contemporary Irish Poetry." Text Matters, no. 8 (October 24, 2018): 84–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/texmat-2018-0006.
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This paper examines the literary representation of the beginnings of the Northern Irish Troubles with regard to a gender variable (women’s roles and functions ascribed to them, mostly punitively, by men ), in the selected poems by Heaney, Durcan, Boland, Meehan and Morrissey. The reading of Heaney’s “Punishment” will attempt to focus not solely on the poem’s repeatedly criticized misogyny but on analyzing it in a broader, historical context of the North’s conflict. In Durcan’s case, his prominent nationalist descent or his declared contempt for any form of paramilitary terrorism (including the IRA) do not seem to prevent him entirely from immortalizing female victims of the Troubles. Boland’s attitude seems the most unequivocal: the clear aversion to the language of death and rendering Irish women’s experiences (and children’s) in this discourse. The article concludes with analysis of Meehan’s “Southern” guilt for the situation of Catholics in the North with the simultaneous critique of perpetrated violence and Morrissey’s complicated standpoint: atheist/neutral/Protestant/communist and her striving for the impossible impartiality in a war-ridden and politically divided country. Trying to avoid systemic victimization of Irish women, the paper intends to analyze the historical and political circumstances which made them more susceptible to various forms of attacks at the beginnings of the Troubles, as reflected in the titular labels.
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Danková, Sabina. "Obraz matky v zrkadle korešpondencie Judity Balassovej v 2. polovici 17. storočia." Theatrum historiae 35 (December 9, 2024): 29–45. https://doi.org/10.46585/th.2024.35.02.
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The early modern society, usually considered to be patriarchal, determined precise roles for women, who were defined by requirements based mainly on their position in the private sphere. In their family, they assumed the roles of daughters, sisters, mothers, wives, widows, grandmothers, etc. This paper focuses on the role of the mother in early modern society by analysing the correspondence of the Koháry family. For this purpose, the epistolar communication between Judith Balassa (c. 1630–c. 1685), the widow of Stephen I. Koháry (1616–1664), and her eldest son Stephen II. Koháry (1649–1731) has been studied. The correspondence was written during two important periods in the life of the Koháry family. The first was during the studies of Stephen II. Koháry in Vienna after the death of his father in 1664, followed by his accession to the post of the captain-general of Fiľakovo, which he held until his capture by Imrich Thökoly in September 1682. The paper examines the manifestations of maternal care and the understanding of this role, as derived from the correspondence between mother and son, in the context of their early modern¨ conception.
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Ghrissi, F., F. Fekih-Romdhane, M. Stambouli, B. Abassi, and M. Cheour. "A rare case of trauma related dissociative identity disorder." European Psychiatry 66, S1 (2023): S957. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.2030.
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IntroductionDissociative identity disorder (DID) is a debilitating and controversial psychiatric disorder with a lifetime prevalence estimated around 1,5%. It remains underdiagnosed despite recognition in international classification of mental disorders. In fact, based on the DSM-5 criteria, DID is characterised by two or more distinct personality states that coincide, with fluctuating consciousness and changing access to autobiographical memory. The aetiology of DID has long been debated with recent neuroimaging evidence supporting the trauma model of this condition.ObjectivesThe aim of this presentation is to describe the case of a young female diagnosed with DID related to childhood trauma.MethodsWe also conducted a literature review in order to discuss the aetiology of the disorder. The following keywords were searched through the pubmed website: dissociative identity disorder, trauma, aetiology.ResultsWe report the case of a 20 years old female with no past medical, nor psychiatric history. However, she had a family history of an uncle and an aunt with chronic psychosis. Her father died when she was 8, thus she lived with her mother and her brother and two sisters. She was a brilliant student and started engineering studies. She has no particular personality trait. She was raised within a strict religious family with little time dedicated to leisure activities. Importantly, since the age of 10, she was exposed to her mother’s religious extremist and threatening discourses, related to death and “grave’s torture” and comprising many cultural beliefs. She seeks for psychiatric care complaining of “soliloquy” that became remarkable by her relatives. On psychiatric evaluation she presented daily fluctuating consciousness during at least one hour, in which she switches identity toward the daughter of a famous singer. This alter was having pleasant activity with her mother and was singing and hanging out most of the time. No particular triggers were identified. The trouble started by the age of 14 then worsened gradually and became an unvoluntary phenomenon with significant distress. She had no depressive nor psychotic nor anxiety or obsessive symptoms. Her sleep and appetite were not disturbed. She met DSM-5 diagnostic criteria for DID and was referred to a trained psychiatrist for adequate psychotherapy management.ConclusionsWe exposed a rare case of a young student complaining of soliloquy since the age of 14 that was diagnosed with DID subsequent to a particular childhood trauma which consisted in exposure to threatening religious and cultural beliefs about life after death told by her mother. This unique case emphasises the trauma model of DID, where the nature of the trauma influences the clinical expression of DID. Given the recent neuroimaging evidence, DID can be framed as a chronic psychiatric disorder based on neurobiological, cognitive, and interpersonal non-integration as a response to unbearable stress.Disclosure of InterestNone Declared
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Kojić, Andrijana, and Mila Purić. "Multiple myeloma with central nervous system involvement: Case series." Srpski medicinski casopis Lekarske komore 5, no. 3 (2024): 452–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/smclk5-52482.
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Introduction: Central nervous system involvement in multiple myeloma (CNSMM) is a very rare entity accounting for less than 1% of all extramedullary multiple myeloma, which manifests as a variety of neurological deficits. Treatment modalities can be locally administered therapy, including intrathecal chemotherapy and radiotherapy, as well as systemic therapy, including autologous/allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (AHSCT). The aim: This article aims to present the experience of our center in the treatment of this rare entity. Case reports: The first patient was diagnosed with multiple myeloma BJ lambda CS IIIA R-ISS 2 with a tumor mass located at the base of the skull, causing right facial nerve paralysis. The patient underwent six treatment cycles of the CVD (cyclophosphamide, bortezomib, dexamethasone) regimen, achieving partial remission, followed by palliative radiation and autologous stem cell transplantation. The treatment was continued with the DaraRd (daratumumab, lenalidomide, dexamethasone) regimen aimed at a second stem cell transplant which is to be carried out upon deepening remission. The overall survival of the patient, so far, is 20 months. The second patient with multiple myeloma BJ kappa CS IIIA ISS 2 developed CNS involvement with the first recurrence of the disease. Cranial radiation and seven cycles of the PAD (bortezomib, doxorubicin, dexamethasone) regimen were carried out, leading to disease progression and death. The overall survival of the patient was 48 months, with 25 months survival since the diagnosis of CNS infiltration. Conclusion: Despite advances in diagnosis and treatment, the prognosis for CNS-MM remains poor because of its complex and aggressive clinical behavior. Due to its low incidence, available data are limited indicating the need for further studies involving this small group of patients.
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Chatterjee, Ronjaunee. "PRECARIOUS LIVES: CHRISTINA ROSSETTI AND THE FORM OF LIKENESS." Victorian Literature and Culture 45, no. 4 (2017): 745–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1060150317000195.
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In its anonymous reviewof Christina Rossetti'sSpeaking Likenesses(1874), theAcademynotes rather hopelessly: “this will probably be one of the most popular children's books this winter. We wish we could understand it” (606). The reviewer – who later dwells on the “uncomfortable feeling” generated by this children's tale and its accompanying images – still counts as the most generous among the largely puzzled and horrified readership of Rossetti's story about three sets of girls experiencing violence and failure in their respective fantasy worlds (606). While clearly such dystopic plots are not out of place in Victorian literature about children, something about Rossetti's unusual narrative bothered her contemporaries. John Ruskin, for instance, bluntly wondered how Rossetti and Arthur Hughes, who illustrated the story, together could “sink so low” (qtd. in Auerbach and Knoepflmacher 318). In any case, the book still sold on the Christmas market, and a few months later, Rossetti would publishAnnus Domini, a benign pocketbook of daily prayers that stands in stark contrast to the grim prose ofSpeaking Likenesses.It is therefore tempting to cast this work of children's fiction as a strange anomaly in Rossetti's oeuvre, which from the 1870s, beginning withAnnus Domini, to her death in 1894, became almost exclusively dominated by devotional prose and poetry. In contrast, I argue in the following essay thatSpeaking Likenessespoints to a widespread interest throughout Rossetti's writing – but especially in her most well-known poems fromGoblin Market and Other Poems(1862) andA Prince's Progress(1866) – in alternative modes of sociality that refract a conceptual preoccupation with likeness, rather than difference. Following traditions of critical thought that have paid increasing attention to relations that resist oppositional logic – Stephanie Engelstein and Eve Kosovsky Sedgwick's late work comes to mind here – I establish the primacy of a horizontal axis of similarity in bothSpeaking Likenessesand Rossetti's most canonical poem, “Goblin Market.” For Rossetti, the lure of similarity, or minimal difference, manifests itself most often in siblinghood and more specifically, sisterhood, the dominant kinship relation throughout her lyrics fromGoblin Market and Other Poems. Sisterhood anchors the title poem I will examine in this essay, as well as shorter verses such as “Noble Sisters” and “Sister Maude.” At issue in such relations of likeness is the discreteness of a (typically) feminine self. For Rossetti, shunning oppositional structures of desire and difference that typically produce individuation (exemplified in the heterosexual couple form and the titles of her uneasy lyrics “He and She” and “Wife to Husband”) allows for a new (albeit perilous) space to carve out one's particularity as a gendered being.
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Vollmann, Sarah Reed. "A Legacy of Loss: Stories of Replacement Dynamics and the Subsequent Child." OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying 69, no. 3 (2014): 219–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.2190/om69.3.a.
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This article, a qualitative exploration of the experiences of subsequent children, endeavors to clarify common issues and experiences of this population. Subsequent children, also known as subsequent siblings, are children born after the death of a brother or sister. For this study, 25 adult subsequent siblings participated in semi-structured interviews. Few researchers have written about this population, and much of what has been documented was researched from single case studies, or from very small samples. This study aims to explore the commonalities of the unique experience of being a subsequent child. Themes which emerged include various replacement child dynamics, impaired bonding with parents or altered parenting as a result of the loss, family grief and its repercussions, meaning making and spiritual questioning, fantasies about the lost sibling, disenfranchised and unresolved grief, taking on a caregiver role, and survivor guilt. The implications for clinical practice are presented.
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Chitando, Ezra, and Anna Chitando. "Weaving Sisterhood: Women African Theologians And Creative Writers." Exchange 34, no. 1 (2005): 22–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1572543053506310.
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AbstractAfrican American women have been keen to highlight that black women are at the 'bottom of the pile' in a society that espouses values of human equality. The situation of the women in Africa is probably worse, as their societies do not propagate human equality. Moreover they have to cope with many other problems such as poverty, HIV/AIDS, the threat of death and male dominance. Though African women theologians were few at the beginning of the 1990s, their number increased during the ten years that followed. This article shows how they were inspired by their sisters, the female African creative writers. Often they felt more solidarity with these sisters than with many African male theologians. Women African theologians and creative writers stand for the same struggle in order to prevent men using their religion — be it African traditional religion or Christianity — to oppress their sisters.
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Baldoni, Franco. "Perinatal grandparents: A new frontier for caregiving." PNEI REVIEW, PRE (April 2025): 1–12. https://doi.org/10.3280/pnei2025oa19882.
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In the contemporary nuclear family, fewer children are born, both parents work, and it is rare for other relatives (such as parents, siblings, uncles, or other elderly family members) to live in the household. Both partners share the responsibilities of raising and caring for their children. When a child is born, today's parents often find themselves alone. As both parents work, raising a newborn becomes more challenging, necessitating support from other adults. The absence of a network of women who, in patriarchal societies, could provide assistance (such as sisters, aunts, and cousins) makes it necessary to seek help elsewhere. In families where grandparents are available, they constitute a crucial resource and become indispensable, at least during the early years. As caregivers, they take care of newborns by feeding, bathing, changing diapers, rocking, dressing, holding, putting them to sleep, escorting them to and from daycare or school, educating, telling stories, talking and playing with their grandchildren, and protecting them both inside and outside the home. While for many individuals becoming grandparents is one of the most fulfilling experiences in life, making them feel younger and more energetic, for others, it represents a challenging existential transition. Some refuse to embrace grandparenthood as it is perceived as a narcissistic wound, symbolizing aging, a loss of power, and the approach of death. It is well established that fathers (or partners, including same-sex partners) who assume caregiving responsibilities for a newborn exhibit significant neuroendocrine and epigenetic changes. These changes also occur in grandparents when they undertake caregiving roles for an infant. To date, as far as we know, research has only focused on grandmothers, with no studies conducted on grandfathers. Research in mothers, fathers, and grandmothers has led to the hypothesis of a Global Parenting Caregiving System in our species, which is activated even in nonmaternal caregivers (allomothers) and involves at least ten brain regions along with endocrine and epigenetic modifications
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Bianco, M., G. Nangeroni, C. Biolè, L. Garello, D. Giachino, and A. Chinaglia. "HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY AND MYBPC3 VARIANT - A CLINICAL CASE." European Heart Journal Supplements 26, Supplement_2 (2024): ii14—ii15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartjsupp/suae036.030.
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Abstract Introduction Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a primary pathology of the cardiac muscle. Sarcomeric forms of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) often have autosomal dominant transmission. A pathogenetic or likely pathogenetic mutation affecting genes encoding sarcomeric proteins is present in 30-60% of cases. In this study, we present a case of a family affected by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with a mutation classified as of uncertain significance in the MYBPC3 gene. Clinical Case Mr. AA, 74 years old, attended the cardiomyopathy outpatient clinic of our hospital in June 2021 due to worsening heart failure with an hypertrophic phenotype. His medical history reported an increase in the thickness of the interventricular septum (IVS) since 1985. In 2015, the patient underwent pacemaker implantation for symptomatic 2:1 atrioventricular block associated with syncope and complete left bundle branch block. Since 2016, he had paroxysmal atrial fibrillation complicated by an ischemic stroke in 2019 with subtherapeutic INR. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or genetic evaluation had never been performed. During the visit, the patient reported that his sister (AG, 73 years old) had undergone tests due to diffuse negative T waves findings in a previous ECG, revealing the presence of a long myocardial bridge of the left anterior descending artery (LAD). No family history of sudden cardiac death was reported. The echocardiogram of AA showed LV hypertrophy (septal wall thickness/posterior wall thickness 18/15 mm, respectively) with an ejection fraction of 36%. Suspecting sarcomeric HCM, a genetic test (TruSight One Expanded Illumina) was performed, revealing two variants of uncertain significance in heterozygosity in the CACNA1C - Calcium Voltage-Gated Channel Subunit Alpha1 C gene (c.2460G>C p.(Lys820Asn)) and MYBPC3 gene (c.2030C>T p.(Pro677Leu)). After a few months, AG presented MRI results suggestive of HCM apical variant (Figure 1). The genetic consultant recommended family screening, and the pedigree is shown in Figure 2. All carriers of the CACNA1C mutation had a negative phenotype. AG's son, IF, 56 years old, carriers of MYBPC3 mutation, presented an MRI compatible with early-stage HCM (Figure 3). His son, carriers of MYBPC3 mutation as well, is now awaiting a cardiac MRI. Conclusions In the family presented here, the MYBPC3 variant (c.2030C>T p.(Pro677Leu)) appears to be correlated with the development of sarcomeric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Registry studies with a large sample size are desirable to accurately classify variants of uncertain significance, which are becoming more common due to the widespread use of genetic tests.
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Ellis, R. E., and H. R. Horvitz. "Two C. elegans genes control the programmed deaths of specific cells in the pharynx." Development 112, no. 2 (1991): 591–603. http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/dev.112.2.591.
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The genes ces-1 and ces-2 control the decisions of two cells in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans to undergo programmed cell death. Mutations that cause a gain of ces-1 function or a reduction of ces-2 function prevent these cells, the sisters of the two pharyngeal NSM neurons, from dying. These mutations do not affect most other cell deaths. Genetic studies indicate that ces-1 and ces-2 affect the fates of the NSM sisters by regulating the genes required for all programmed cell deaths to occur.
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Терехова, Ірина Олександрівна. "ІНФЕРНАЛЬНИЙ ОБРАЗ ЛІТАВЦЯ (ПЕРЕЛЕСНИКА) В УКРАЇНСЬКІЙ РОМАНТИЧНІЙ ПРОЗІ". Наукові записки Харківського національного педагогічного університету ім. Г. С. Сковороди "Літературознавство" 1, № 99 (2022): 137–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.34142/2312-1076.2022.1.99.09.
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The aim of the article is to comprehend the specifics of the infernal image of the litavets (perelesnyk) in Ukrainian romantic prose. In order to achieve this goal, the following systemic unity of research methods was used: typological, biographical, comparative, genetic, method of analysis and synthesis, mythopoetic approach to the interpretation oftexts. The article on the material of folk poetry and literary texts, as well as folklore studies of V. Hnatiuk, O. Kononenko, E. Onatsky and other scientists characterizes the infernal image of the litavets. It is determined that the litavets (perelesnyk, fire snake, nalitnyk, litun, obaiasnyk, perelet) is an anthropomorphic infernal character. Its main function is to enter into intimate relations with women, which subsequently mostly turn into death. The image of the perelesnyk is quite popular in folk tales and legends. Thus, in fairy tales he often appears as an antagonistic hero who kidnaps girls, which is mentioned in such works as «Ivan the King, his sister and the snake», «Kotygoroshko», «How snakes kidnapped three sisters», «Snake winner and the dragon», «The Tale of Ivan Golyk and his brother», etc. In these works, along with the motif of kidnapping women, there is also the motif of snake-fighting. Note that the motif of victory over the insidious serpent is leading in folk legends, in particular in stories about the serpent shaft, the terrible serpent defeated by Boris and Gleb, in the story of Kozhumyak (mentions of these legends are also found in the early edition of the first historical novel in Ukrainian literature «Five Chapters from P. Kulesh's New Novel ”Black Council”», 1845). Interpretation of the mythical nature of the fire snake has become widespread in fiction, especially in the prose of the Romantic period. A striking example of this is the work of P. Kulish (the stories «About what in the town of Voronezh dried up Peshevtsov Pond», 1840; «Fire Snake», 1841) and I. Barshchevsky (the story «Nobleman Zavalnya»), where the image of a perelesnyk is available in the chapter «On the Warlock and the Serpent Hatched from the Egg of a Rooster», 1844). P. Kulish instory «About what in the town of Voronezh dried up Peshevtsov Pond» the image of an incubus who came to his beloved every night, and in the story of the fire snake the writer presented the image of a perelesnyk-seducer, who did not suck, but gave a beauty his chosen woman. In I. Barshchevsky's story about the nobleman Zavalnya, the serpent turned into a young man, but he could not seduce the belle, as sincere prayer and a saving cross stood in the way.
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Gordeev, P. N. "«I WAS IN JAIL IN THE MOST DIFFICULT TIME AND SUFFERED EVERYTHING»: OLGA KAMENEVA'S PRISON YEARS." Вестник Пермского университета. История, no. 2 (61) (2023): 128–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.17072/2219-3111-2023-2-128-136.
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By the mid-1930s, Olga Kameneva, a prominent figure in Soviet cultural construction, had lost most of her former posts. The sister of Leon Trotsky and the wife of Lev Kamenev, two of Joseph Stalin’s biggest opponents, she had practically no chance of avoiding repression, despite the public renunciation of her brother and divorce from her husband. Based on the materials of the investigative cases stored in the Central Archive of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation and introduced into academic circulation for the first time, the article reconstructs Kameneva's path through interrogations, prisons and exile. The repressions started in March 1935 with the arrest of Kameneva in the so-called “Kremlin case”. Kameneva tried to assure the investigator and the leadership of the NKVD of her innocence (she was accused of spreading rumors about the unnatural death of Stalin's wife Nadezhda Alliluyeva) – of course, unsuccessfully. Exiled to Alma-Ata, and then to Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod), two years later (in 1937) she was arrested for the second time. Despite the terrible conditions of interrogations during the “Great Terror” and hints on the part of the investigator about the ability to influence the fate of her youngest son Yuri (also arrested), Kameneva behaved with dignity, admitting neither her guilt, nor of any of those surrounding her, with the exception of her own husband Lev Kamenev, already executed by that time. Although the accusations against her (of anti-Soviet agitation and that she knew but had not reported Lev Kamenev’s “terrorist” activities) were insignificant by the standards of that time, on February 1, 1938, she was sentenced to 25 years in prison, and three years later, in 1941, she was shot extrajudicially.
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Brenner, S., E. Hodak, D. Dascalu, R. Lurie, and R. Wolf. "A possible case of drug-induced familial pemphigus." Acta Dermato-Venereologica 70, no. 4 (1990): 357–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.2340/0001555570357358.
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Two sisters developed pemphigus vulgaris and pemphigus erythematosus within 3 years. The diagnosis was confirmed by clinical, histologic and immunofluorescent antibody studies. One of the sisters experienced a common cold before the pemphigus developed and displayed a positive macrophage migration inhibition (MIF) test to a combination drug compounded of paracetamol, caffeine, chlorpheniramine maleate and phenylephrine HCl, which she had received 2 weeks prior to the appearance of the cutaneous lesions. It is suggested that her pemphigus was triggered by the drug. Although the patient had a strong genetic and familial predisposition to pemphigus, her clinical symptoms did not become evident until they were activated through an exogenous factor, namely, the causative drug. This case offers an example of a possible interaction between endogenous, genetic factors, and exogenous, triggering factors in the development of full-blown disease.
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Sulmasy, Daniel P. "Terri Schiavo and the Roman Catholic Tradition of Forgoing Extraordinary Means of Care." Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 33, no. 2 (2005): 359–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-720x.2005.tb00500.x.
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Media coverage and statements by various Catholic spokespersons regarding the case of Terri Schiavo has generated enormous and deeply unfortunate confusion (among Catholics and non-Catholics) regarding Church teaching about the use of life-sustaining treatments. Two weeks ago, for example, I received a letter from the superior of a community of Missionary Sisters of Charity, who operate a hospice here in the United States The Missionary Sisters of Charity are the community founded by Mother Theresa, the 20th Century saint whose primary ministry was to rescue dying Untouch-ables from the streets of Calcutta and bring them into her convent where they were washed, sheltered, fed if they were able to eat, prayed for, and cherished. In other words, the sisters gave these poor souls the gift of a death with dignity. The order Mother Theresa founded has continued this ministry, running hospices in the United States and elsewhere for the homeless, the destitute, those dying of AIDS and poverty and drug addiction, and all those dying alone and otherwise unwanted.
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Botting, Jennifer, and Erica van de Waal. "Reactions to infant death by wild vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: prolonged carrying, non-mother carrying, and partial maternal cannibalism." Primates 61, no. 6 (2020): 751–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10329-020-00851-0.
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Abstract Observations of dead infant carrying have been reported for many primate species, and researchers have proposed several hypotheses to explain this behaviour. However, despite being a relatively well-studied species, reports of dead infant carrying in wild vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus) remain scarce. Here we report 14 observations of dead infant carrying by female vervet monkeys in a population at Mawana Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Most of the females carried the dead infant for a day or less, but one female carried her infant for at least 14 days. In one case the maternal sister of a dead infant carried it after the death of their mother. We also report a case of mother-infant cannibalism: a female consumed part of her deceased infant’s tail. Other post-mortem care-taking behaviours such as grooming, smelling and licking were also recorded. Of 97 recorded infant deaths in this study population since 2010, 14.4% are known to have elicited dead infant carrying, a proportion similar to that reported for other monkey species. We discuss our observations in relation to various hypotheses about this behaviour, including the post-parturition hormones hypothesis, learning to mother hypothesis, and unawareness of death hypothesis.
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Luo, Jia. "Multimodal Discourse Analysis, audiovisual translation, The Broke Sisters." Frontiers in Humanities and Social Sciences 4, no. 7 (2024): 60–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.54691/1byq4m72.
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China's Insurance Law defines "workers who have a labor relationship with the insured" for pure economic interests. According to the current law, when an employer purchases insurance for its employees, the transfer of the insurance claim right can be effective. In this case, should the share of the income of the employer, as a non-natural person, when receiving the employee's death insurance be restricted? This issue is not explicitly stipulated in the law and needs to be discussed. In light of social reality, this article believes that the employer's share of benefits in group accident insurance should be restricted by amending the Insurance Law or supplementing judicial interpretations. If necessary, content that favors the insured and their families can be added. This will save losses and prevent the employer from using the employment relationship to infringe on the legitimate interests of employees.
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Jose, Fabian. "Editorial Editorial We Are All Brothers and Sisters." AUC: Asian Journal of Religious Studies Nov-Dec 2020, no. 65/6 (2020): 3–5. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4083425.
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Pope Francis in his new Encyclical letter <em>Fratelli Tutti (“All Brothers”) </em>has focused on the theme of fraternity and social friendship, calling on all humanity to a renewed brotherly and sisterly unity where all men and women are brothers and sisters, writes Sr. Jecinter Antoinette Okoth, FSSA in AMECEA Blog. The Pope’s Encyclical was signed on Saturday, October 3, 2020 before the tomb of St Francis of Assisi, on the anniversary of the Saints death. The Encyclical has the subtitle: “on fraternity and social friendship”
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PETRARU, Ana-Magdalena. "Maeterlinck’s Poetic Symbolism in Trei piese triste (Three Sad Plays)." Theatrical Colloquia 12, no. 2 (2022): 61–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.35218/tco.2022.12.2.07.
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This article proposes an analysis of a staging from Maeterlinck (Trei piese triste/ Three Sad Plays) based on some poems of the author (from Fifteen Songs – Three Little Maids They Did to Death, Maidens with Bounden Eyes, There Were Three Sisters Fain to Die). Drawing on theatre studies and biographical criticism, poetics (of water and dreams) and theories of the soul, our aim is to account for the main themes of the symbolist current as envisaged by the Belgian author.
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Kosichenko, Ivan N. "COURT MARTIAL AND CONTRABAND IN 19TH CENTURY YUCATÁN. THE CASE OF BOAT “FOUR SISTERS”." History and Archives, no. 3 (2021): 76–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.28995/2658-6541-2021-3-76-86.
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This article deals with an issue of the court-martial functioning in Mexican state of Yucatán in the middle of the 19th century. The political violence, a very characteristic of the epoch, in Yucatán scaled up with a start of the ethno-social conflict between the government and predominantly Indian population of southeastern part of the state – the Caste War (1847–1901). For the juridical practices the constant political conflicts, domination of the Army and military men in public life meant broad simplification of judicial procedures, often executed by officer corps. One special place for the middle of the 19th century was the fortress of Bacalar, which controlled the border with British dominions in Belize. It was one of the crucial points for importation of contraband into Yucatán peninsula, and if before 1847 it had been mostly civil goods, with the start of the Caste War, Belizean entrepreneurs actively participated in supply of rebels with armament and munitions. They were contrabandists of such kind who were captured on September 13 of 1849 in the border outpost in Chaac upon the Río Hondo.They left behind themselves the “Four Sisters” boat case – the document that shed light not only on the details of simplified court procedures in the 19th century Mexico but also on various details of wartime daily life in that remote fortress.
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Kosichenko, Ivan N. "COURT MARTIAL AND CONTRABAND IN 19TH CENTURY YUCATÁN. THE CASE OF BOAT “FOUR SISTERS”." History and Archives, no. 3 (2021): 76–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.28995/2658-6541-2021-3-76-86.
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This article deals with an issue of the court-martial functioning in Mexican state of Yucatán in the middle of the 19th century. The political violence, a very characteristic of the epoch, in Yucatán scaled up with a start of the ethno-social conflict between the government and predominantly Indian population of southeastern part of the state – the Caste War (1847–1901). For the juridical practices the constant political conflicts, domination of the Army and military men in public life meant broad simplification of judicial procedures, often executed by officer corps. One special place for the middle of the 19th century was the fortress of Bacalar, which controlled the border with British dominions in Belize. It was one of the crucial points for importation of contraband into Yucatán peninsula, and if before 1847 it had been mostly civil goods, with the start of the Caste War, Belizean entrepreneurs actively participated in supply of rebels with armament and munitions. They were contrabandists of such kind who were captured on September 13 of 1849 in the border outpost in Chaac upon the Río Hondo.They left behind themselves the “Four Sisters” boat case – the document that shed light not only on the details of simplified court procedures in the 19th century Mexico but also on various details of wartime daily life in that remote fortress.
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Noell, Susan, Rudi Beschorner, Sotirios Bisdas, et al. "Simultaneous subependymomas in monozygotic female twins: further evidence for a common genetic or developmental disorder background." Journal of Neurosurgery 121, no. 3 (2014): 570–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.3171/2014.2.jns122179.
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In this paper, a rare case of subependymoma of the fourth ventricle in identical female twins is reported. Magnetic resonance imaging and CT showed nearly identical locations of the tumors in the fourth ventricle and similar growth patterns of the tumors in both sisters. Likewise, postoperative histopathological analysis of both tumors revealed the typical histological appearance of subependymomas. Subependymoma is a rare, low-grade glioma of the CNS, slowly growing and usually asymptomatic. If symptomatic, a subependymoma can in some cases lead to sudden death caused by pressure on the brainstem or decompensated secondary hydrocephalus. This case demonstrates the importance of detecting tumors early and thereby preventing symptoms arising from increasing intracranial pressure, and optimizing therapy options.
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Zigic, N., E. Becirovic, M. Mirkovic-Hajdukov, N. Aljukic, and H. Löffler-Stastka. "Role of transgenerational transmission of trauma in development of schizophrenia: A case report of a patient whose parents survived genocide in Srebrenica." European Psychiatry 66, S1 (2023): S632—S633. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2023.1316.
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IntroductionDevelopmental predisposition to schizophrenia can be a consequence of early experienced traumas. Transgenerational trauma is process in which traumatic experience of one generation is passed on to the next generation.ObjectivesTo show connection between transgenerational transmission of trauma and development of schizophrenia.MethodsPsychiatric interview, psychological testing.ResultsPatient G.E. age 29, admitted to Psychiatry Clinic due to altered behavior, aggressiveness and presence of delusions and hallucinations. First mental problems in form of a catatonic stupor appeared 6 years ago. Patient has history of earlier abuse of psychoactive substances. A drug test performed at admission was negative. Patient was born in Srebrenica in 1993, he escaped to Tuzla with his mother in July 1995, while father survived escaping on foot. Patient is a first child from his father’s second marriage. The father’s first wife and two minor children were shot by Bosnian Serbs in early 1992. Patient was born a year and a half after death of his siblings and was named after his half-sister. Patient’s father consumed alcohol after the war and was aggressive towards children. In the last two years, patient had frequent hallucinations, he told his parents that voices were telling him to kill his mother and told his father that his children were still alive. Diagnostic processing was performed and diagnosis of schizophrenia was stated. During hospitalization, patient was treated with olanzapine and low doses of haloperidol, along with haloperidol decanoate, which resulted in significant reduction of productive psychotic symptoms. A partial remission is achieved, negative schizophrenic symptoms and cognitive impairments verified by psychological instruments remain.ConclusionsCase report emphasize transgenerational transmission of trauma: father‘s untreated trauma, alcohol dependency and abuse of the patient in childhood. These findings are important for treatment and therapeutic considerations. Mentalizing is a possible mediator between childhood abuse and negative symptoms. Parental bonding was explored within high expressed emotions theory as a risk factor for relapse to psychosis, especially the “affectionless control” in the parental (mainly father‘s) bonding style. Studies also stated that psychotic patients often show insecure attachment representations. Possible pathway for further analysis could be discussed: a cold parental bonding style leading to experienced emotional neglect and attachment avoidance might be reflected in lower capacity to mentalize. To improve the mentalization capacity, it would be essential to establish a sustainable therapeutic treatment frame.Disclosure of InterestNone Declared
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Krier, Leon. "Narcissistic and Antisocial Personality Profiles of the Person(s) of Interest in the Murder of Vincent van Gogh." International Journal of Forensic Sciences 9, no. 3 (2024): 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.23880/ijfsc-16000398.
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On May 20, 1890, Vincent arrived in Auvers-sur-Oise, near Paris after his asylum discharge “cured.” Auvers was recommended by his brother Theo so he could be watched by Dr. Paul-Ferdinand Gachet, a homeopathic doctor and friend to many of the new artists. Vincent was described as happy and very productive in his new life. Sadly, Vincent was shot in the belly and was reported as a suicide by his doctor and friend. Recent forensic studies provide an alternative narrative. It was not possible for Vincent to shoot himself in the belly without the telltale black powder burn ring around his entry wound description. Dr. Gachet and his son, Paul, Jr, have been implicated as the primary persons of interest in the murder of Vincent van Gogh. This article offers a retrospective assessment of Dr. Gachet as a medical practitioner, his personality traits and associated behaviors that transformed an initially favorable and optimistic relationship with Vincent into a dark and tragic situation resulting in Vincent’s death. Paul Jr., likewise exhibited his father’s self-serving personality profile. They both manifested characteristics of Antisocial and Narcissistic Personality Disorders. Would these personality disorders be sufficient for them to commit murder? The answer is clearly a solid YES! There are several significant motives: an opportunity, a weapon, and proximity to each other on the day Vincent was shot. This proximity was confirmed when Paul, Jr. and his sister, Marguerite, were interviewed years later by a well- known Van Gogh expert. Doing this detailed personality profile for criminal behavior and intent checks all the boxes of these primary persons of interest and further strengthens the case for murder, not suicide, as this personality profile comfortably brings together all the missing pieces and finally connects all the dots and even dots the "i’s" and crosses the "t’s." The Doctor Did Do It!!!.
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Nelson, Helen M., and Jonathan P. Lewis. "Donation after Cardiac Death: Two Case Studies." Progress in Transplantation 13, no. 4 (2003): 274–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/152692480301300406.
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Nelson, Helen, and Jonathan Lewis. "Donation after cardiac death: two case studies." Progress in Transplantation 13, no. 4 (2003): 274–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.7182/prtr.13.4.66k18r765t050mg6.
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Harris, Amy. "That Fierce Edge." Journal of Family History 37, no. 2 (2012): 155–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0363199011433123.
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Using a combination of brief case studies and statistical analysis of probate disputes in eighteenth-century England, this article argues for an expanded interpretation of Georgian family life—an interpretation that understands the tugs and pulls of siblinghood. In the eighteenth century, emerging ideas about social equality based on idealized siblinghood tangled with engrained family hierarchies to produce messy, constantly shifting, sibling politics. Confronting competing social expectations that classified them as equals yet ranked them hierarchically by gender, birth order, and marital status, Georgian sisters and brothers fiercely wrestled over material and emotional investments from their parents and from one another. Sibling conflict was most common when reality sharply diverged from expectations of equality, such as between older sisters and younger brothers or between men and their brothers' widows.
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Fatima Zahra, C., I. Katir, A. Korchi, S. Belbachir, and A. Ouanass. "blind or schizophrenic but not both." European Psychiatry 65, S1 (2022): S791. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.2043.
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Introduction Although visual impairment appears to be a risk factor for schizophrenia, early blindness may be protective , It’s a phenomenon that has puzzled even the smartest scientific brains for decades. It might surprise you: no person born blind has ever been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Objectives The objective of this research is to discover the relationship between schizophrenia and congenital blindness is there a protective gene ! is that visual perception constitutes an essential stage in the onset of the disease itself ! Methods Case study of a family consisting of thirteen brothers and sisters, three of whom were blind at birth, three with schizophrenia. the study of the files of schizophrenic patients hospitalized in our structure since it opened in the 1970s Results Case study of a family consisting of thirteen brothers and sisters, three of whom were blind at birth, three with schizophrenia, but there is none with blindness at birth and schizophrenia. PLus on the basis of medicals files there is no case of schizophrenia with blindness at birth. Preliminary observational analysis of this clinical case suggests the following hypothesis: the presumed protective role of congenital blindness against schizophrenia. The bibliographic research has objectified three recent studies in this direction in Australia, Denmark, and the USA. Conclusions The relationship between schizophrenia and congenital blindness is still unrecognized and controversial Several studies are done in this direction, but so far there is no assertion or confirmation of the hypothesis Disclosure No significant relationships.
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Little, J. I. "Charities, Manufactures, and Taxes: The Montreal Sisters of Providence Spruce Gum Syrup Case, 1876–78." Canadian Historical Review 95, no. 1 (2014): 54–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/chr.1862.
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Tulyakova, Anastasia A. "Leo Tolstoy, Mikhail Artsybashev, and Richard Wagner: About One Case of Polemics in Tolstoy’s The Circle of Reading." Slovene 6, no. 2 (2017): 444–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.31168/2305-6754.2017.6.2.18.
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The article deals with a case from the creative history of Leo Tolstoy’s The Circle of Reading (1908), when Tolstoy included the revised story of Guy de Maupassant’s Le Port under the title “Sisters” in the second edition of the book. The author proves that the reason for Tolstoy’s decision was his polemic with “saninstvo” as one of the most fashionable ethical trends of the first decade of the 1900s. The key component of Sanin’s behavior and hedonistic philosophy in Mikhail Artsybashev’s novel was incest. Maupassant’s novella is based on the same plot. On the basis of Tolstoy’s nonfictional texts of the 1890s, including the treatise What Is Art? (1898), the article reconstructs the writer’s view on the forms and boundaries of the representation of incest in Richard Wagner’s operas and in Friedrich Nietzsche’s philosophy, with which Tolstoy also polemicized and in connection with which he stated the ethical potential of art and its permissiveness. From this perspective, Tolstoy’s reaction to Artsybashev’s novel, combining the motives of incest and extreme individualism, turns out to be a new phase of the old dispute. Tolstoy included the story “Sisters” in the second edition of The Circle of Reading as a response to the philosophy of “saninstvo.” Thus, Tolstoy’s collection of wise thoughts can be considered not only as didactic, but also as a polemical text, and deeply rooted in the ideological context of the 1890s‒1900s.
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MiChael, Matthew. "Narrative Conjuring or the Tales of Two Sisters? The Representations of Hannah and the Witch of Endor in 1 Samuel." Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 42, no. 4 (2018): 469–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0309089216690382.
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The narrative of 1 Samuel opens graphically with the story of Hannah and also closes with the striking story of another woman, the ‘witch’ of Endor. These two women appear to occupy a significant place in the characterizations of 1 Samuel through the strategic locations of Hannah at the birth of Samuel, and the ‘witch’ at the death of Samuel. While past scholarship has described the individual importance of these two stories, the present study engages the intertextual connections between the two stories and the narrative importance of these two stories in the story world of 1 Samuel. Taking account of this intertextuality, the study underscores the hidden polemics inherent in their representations, especially in the staging of these two women in the same narrative space through the different literary echoes in the two stories that intertextually bind these women together as ‘literary sisters’ and mirrors of each other.
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Kochkina, Oksana V., Irina A. Firsova, and Aleksey A. Tarasov. "Inheritance Peculiarities In The State Of Texas." Law of succession 4 (December 24, 2020): 44–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.18572/2072-4179-2020-4-44-46.
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The article discusses the laws of inheritance in the state of Texas USA, describes in detail the issues of inheritance and the inheritance of ownership in case of death of one spouse in the presence of a will or in the absence thereof. The government of Texas divides the property held by a married couple into common and separate property, which determines some features in its inheritance, which are described in the article. It is worth noting that the laws governing the order of inheritance in Texas are quite detailed and include a detailed procedure for implementing the procedure in question. The state does not collect taxes on inheritance. However, if the deceased did not leave a will, then there may be difficulties with entering into the inheritance. In this regard, the article pays special attention to the hereditary rights of children, brothers, sisters, parents and other family members in the event of the death of one of the spouses
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Smyth, Elizabeth. "A tale of two Sister-Principals: Mother Mary Edward (Catherine) McKinley, Sisters of Providence of St Vincent de Paul (Kingston, ON) and Mother Mary of Providence (Catherine) Horan, Sisters of Providence of Holyoke, MA." Encounters in Theory and History of Education 14 (October 29, 2013): 119–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.24908/eoe-ese-rse.v14i0.5040.
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This paper analyzes the career of two Sister-Principals who began their religious life in the same congregation: Mother Mary Edward (Catherine) McKinley and Mother Mary of Providence (Catherine) Horan. Depending on whose version of history you read, these women were rival religious or virtuous sisters in habit. Drawing on archival sources and their own writings, the paper analyzes the perceptions, in their own words, of the experiences Mother Mary Edward McKinley and Mother Mary of Providence Horan as Sister-Principals. It also provides an assessment of the historical significance of their careers as case studies of Sister-Principals. The careers of the two Sister-Principals reveal much: both members of the Sisters of Providence of Vincent de Paul (Kingston), both committed to the social welfare of the poor, both forced unwillingly to be Sister-Principals; both elected as congregational leaders; both memorialized in the public domain as powerful women leaders.
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Lehmann, Christine. "Brain Studies Could Affect Death Penalty Case Outcome." Psychiatric News 39, no. 24 (2004): 10–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/pn.39.24.00390010.
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Marques da Costa, Geraldo, Mauro Niskier Sanchez, and Helena Eri Shimizu. "Factors associated with mortality of the elderly due to ambulatory care sensitive conditions, between 2008 and 2018, in the Federal District, Brazil." PLOS ONE 17, no. 8 (2022): e0272650. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0272650.
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Introduction In Brazil, the Unified Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde, or SUS) provides health care, and an aging population overwhelms the system due to the greater vulnerability of the elderly. In the Federal District, two models of primary care coexist–the traditional primary care and the family health strategy. The present study aimed to analyze the factors associated with mortality of the elderly due to conditions sensitive to ambulatory care in the Federal District, Brazil. Materials and methods This cross-sectional study investigated all deaths that occurred in people over 60 years old between 2008 and 2018. The variables studied were age at death, sex, marital status, education, race/color, death by condition sensitive to ambulatory care, and population coverage of primary care services. The Urban Well-Being Index (UWBI) was used, which includes the dimensions: mobility, environmental and housing conditions, infrastructure, and collective services, to analyze issues related to the place where the senior citizen resides. Results The deaths 70,503 senior citizens were recorded during the study period. The factors associated with mortality in the elderly due to ambulatory care sensitive conditions were male, lower income, and less education. Residing in a place with poor UWBI presented a response gradient with higher mortality. Increased ambulatory care coverage was also associated with lower mortality. Conclusions The study evidenced an association between male gender, age, income, and education, and UWBI with lower mortality due to ambulatory care sensitive conditions, and these associations presented a response gradient. The study also found that increased coverage of the elderly population was associated with lower mortality from sensitive conditions.
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Kea, Aschenaki Zerihun, Bernt Lindtjorn, Achamyelesh Gebretsadik Tekle, and Sven Gudmund Hinderaker. "Reduction in maternal mortality ratio varies by district in Sidama National Regional State, southern Ethiopia: Estimates by cross-sectional studies using the sisterhood method and a household survey of pregnancy and birth outcomes." PLOS ONE 18, no. 10 (2023): e0276144. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0276144.
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Background Few studies assess the magnitude, variations, and reduction of maternal mortality at a lower administrative level. This study was conducted to estimate the life time risk (LTR) of maternal death and the maternal mortality ratio (MMR) and assess the reduction in MMR. Methods This is a population-based cross-sectional study conducted in six districts of Sidama National Regional State, southern Ethiopia, from July 2019 to May 2020. The study was conducted with men and women aged 15–49 years. By creating a retrospective cohort of women of reproductive age, we calculated the LTR of maternal mortality and approximated the MMR using the total fertility of the rural Ethiopian population. Variations in maternal mortality was assessed based on characteristics of the respondents, like age, sex, and the districts where they lived. Reduction in MMR was examined using the estimates of the sisterhood method and the 5-year recall of pregnancy and birth outcome household survey. Results We analysed 17374 (99.6%) respondents: 8884 (51.1%) men and 8490 (48.9%) women. The 17,374 respondents reported 64,387 maternal sisters. 2,402 (3.7%) sisters had died; 776 (32.3%) were pregnancy-related deaths. The LTR of maternal death was 3.2%, and the MMR was 623 (95% CI: 573–658) per 100,000 live births (LB). The remote district (Aroresa) had a MMR of 1210 (95% CI: 1027–1318) per 100,000 LB. The estimates from male and female respondents were not different. A significant reduction in MMR was observed in districts located near the regional centre. However, no reduction was observed in districts located far from the regional centre. Conclusions The high MMR with district-level variations and the lack of mortality reduction in districts located far from the centre highlight the need for instituting interventions tailored to the local context to save mothers and accelerate reductions in MMR.
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Fletcher, Kami. "Black Women Undertakers of the Early Twentieth Century Were Hidden in Plain Sight." Meridians 22, no. 2 (2023): 478–502. http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/15366936-10637582.
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Abstract This essay foregrounds Black women in the very narrative of undertaking that they helped create and develop. It was the wives who helped start the country’s oldest undertaking firms, and it was the wives, sisters, and daughters who sustained and professionalized the funeral home legacy. The article follows women from the American South and mid-Atlantic regions, illustrating how, with their skills and capital, they labored not just as funeral directresses, embalmers, and undertakers but also as bookkeepers, hairdressers, accountants, caterers. These women were “race women,” college-educated Black women who were trained to uplift the race. And as race women in the death trade, they brought their skills and education to a field that created generational wealth and civic empowerment.
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Burlaka, Halyna. "DOUBLE MYSTIFICATION OF THE DRAHOMANOV SISTERS." Слово і Час, no. 4 (August 30, 2023): 14–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.33608/0236-1477.2023.04.14-28.
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The subject of this research is the family correspondence of the Drahomanovs, a significant part of which remains unpublished. These archival materials have been prepared for publication in the upcoming issue of the annual journal “Heritage: Literary Source Studies. Textology”. They significantly enrich our knowledge of Mykhailo Drahomanov’s life and his circle, while also presenting some complex tasks for the commentator. In particular, the letters of M. Drahomanov’s youngest brother, Oleksandr, mention his daughters Oksana and Nina. The dates mentioned in these references contradict the commonly known information about their birth years. Therefore, there is a need to clarify their actual years of birth.
 Oksana Drahomanova was a lawyer, a participant in Ukraine’s liberation struggle in 1918—1921, an international women’s movement activist, a writer, and a translator. Various mentions provide different birth dates for Oksana, most often 1894 but occasionally 1892. The information about Oksana and Nina Drahomanova that has been circulated in the scholarly literature is based mostly on the distant relatives’ and acquaintances’ memories, which are often unreliable in terms of dating. In addition, Oksana herself may have altered her passport data, ‘rejuvenating’ herself by at least three years during her emigration overseas. The present research incorporates modern sources and archival materials, including memories, photographs, correspondence, and other documents. A decisive piece of evidence was a photograph of little Oksana, about one and a half years old, with a gift inscription from her father, dated June 1892. Thus, it is proved that Oksana Drahomanova was actually born in early 1891, but the exact date has yet to be established.
 Little is known about Nina Drahomanova, with her birth year commonly believed to be 1900 or 1901. However, based on the letters of her father Oleksandr from 1898—1912, it can confidently be stated that Nina was born in 1898.
 In addition, through the study of sources, the exact birth date of Oleksandr Drahomanov is determined to be August 4, 1859, according to the old style.
 The paper demonstrates how preparing texts for publication and scholarly commentary on archival materials (in this case, epistolary ones) lead to heuristic discoveries.
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Myerson, E. K. "Queer Remains." GLQ 30, no. 1 (2024): 1–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/10642684-10920606.
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This article traces the development of Jarman's imagination of medieval reliquary devotion as a practice of queer mourning and memorialization between 1981 and ca. 1993: from draft scripts for the unrealized film Bob-up-a-Down to Blue (1993) and his last hospital journals. In Jarman's works, the reliquary appears not merely as image but also in active use, evidenced in his assemblage paintings and his garden at Prospect Cottage, Dungeness. Jarman's reliquaries are analyzed in their archival contexts, drawing on medieval and modern repositories. These reliquaries are considered in relation to Jarman's own canonization by both the queer community and the artistic establishment. Before and after his canonization by the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence in 1991, Jarman was deeply engaged with medieval mystical and medical representations of relics. Working amidst devastating losses and in the knowledge of his own approaching death, Jarman created reliquaries to challenge the denial of public mourning during the AIDS crisis. Jarman's archives emerge as inescapably plural, even within one repository. Like Jarman's imagined reliquary, these archives are made of jewels and ashes, the aesthetic and bodily remains.
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Lott, Patricia Ann. "Unweepable Wounds Unwept." Meridians 21, no. 2 (2022): 480–505. http://dx.doi.org/10.1215/15366936-9882152.
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Abstract This essay analyzes Harriet E. Wilson’s Our Nig (1859) as a book of lamentations for its bereaved black subject’s mother loss, social death, and prematurely ended girlhood. More specifically, it examines a daughter’s devastation over her natal alienation, violent domination, and general degradation within a hurtful herstory in which white motherhood and white mistresshood are sisters in subjugation. The author literarily autopsies Nig’s raciogenesis as black, her sociopolitical genealogy as enslaved, and her etiology as melancholic. This essay conceptualizes the domestic maternal passage as her transfer from white mother to mistress, a passage that sets in motion her exile from home and entrance into the hell of slavery. This passage is procreative of her social death and an open wound in her memory of mother loss and her mother hunger. Moreover, she is plagued by racial melancholia insofar as she bewails being governed as black and covets whiteness. Nig tends to her inner wounds by mourning, but social death chokes off her measures to work through her losses. This affective asphyxiation illustrates that her psychic condition arises not from an inner inability to digest loss but from external impediments that forcibly prescribe her inconsolability. This plight delineates Nig as a figure of unweepable wounds unwept in a grievous herstory.