141 research outputs found
Convicts and coolies : rethinking indentured labour in the nineteenth century
This article seeks to shift the frame of analysis within which discussions of Indian indentured migration take place. It argues that colonial discourses and practices of indenture are best understood not with regard to the common historiographical framework of whether it was 'a new system of slavery', but in the context of colonial innovations in incarceration and confinement. The article shows how Indian experiences of and knowledge about transportation overseas to penal settlements informed in important ways both their own understandings and representations of migration and the colonial practices associated with the recruitment of indentured labour. In detailing the connections between two supposedly different labour regimes, it thus brings a further layer of complexity to debates around their supposed distinctions
Riflessioni su alcune scelte traduttive in lingua inglese (Morris, Tinker, Tolkien, Heaney e Porter)
This essay takes into account some English translations of the Old English poem Beowulf. Matter of specific investigation is the passage of the coming of Grendel to the Danes' court Heorot. As the translations of Beowulf are countless, only specific and emblematic cases – both in prose and verse – are analysed. Then, the translations by William Morris, Chancey Brewster Tinker, J.R.R. Tolkien, Seamus Heaney and John Porter are compared trying to ascertain the approach of those translators to the Old English text and furthermore the intentions they had in rendering the poem into Modern English. The big problem that all the translators consciously tackled was the chronological and linguistic distance of Beowulf that had to be solved in some way. Choices and strategies differ from one version to another, but every solution demonstrates a specific attention to the musicalness of the original together with a deep awareness for the tradition that the Old English poem embodies
Trans-ancestry meta-analyses identify rare and common variants associated with blood pressure and hypertension
High blood pressure is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease and premature death. However, there is limited knowledge on specific causal genes and pathways. To better understand the genetics of blood pressure, we genotyped 242,296 rare, low-frequency and common genetic variants in up to ~192,000 individuals, and used ~155,063 samples for independent replication. We identified 31 novel blood pressure or hypertension associated genetic regions in the general population, including three rare missense variants in RBM47, COL21A1 and RRAS with larger effects (>1.5mmHg/allele) than common variants. Multiple rare, nonsense and missense variant associations were found in A2ML1 and a low-frequency nonsense variant in ENPEP was identified. Our data extend the spectrum of allelic variation underlying blood pressure traits and hypertension, provide new insights into the pathophysiology of hypertension and indicate new targets for clinical intervention
Rémy Ollier And Imperial Citizenship
This essay discusses Rémy Ollier’s (1816–45) journalism. As an early claimant
of citizenship through (rather than against) the British Empire during the
1840s, Ollier attempted to redress a gap that he perceived between the
institutionalization of rights in Britain and Mauritius. Established accounts
of Ollier’s political intervention provide a rich narrative of how his efforts
are implicated in the development of rights in Mauritius and broader
postcolonial nationalisms. However, I argue that facets of his expression of
imperial citizenship reside apart from this genealogy. To explore how Ollier
uniquely created imperial citizenship, an “acts”-influenced approach to
citizenship is adopted. By analyzing his writings in La Sentinelle de Maurice,
I reveal how imperial citizenship is generated through a subversive loyalism
to Britain and an orientalist portrayal of indentured labourers. I conclude by
mobilizing Ollier’s struggle as a challenge to the notion that citizenship
realizes itself in teleological fashion
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