Society In England Research Articles

Social anxiety in culturally diverse young people: An insight into lived experiences

AbstractObjectivesThere is little research exploring the subthreshold social anxiety (SSA) in culturally diverse young people. This study addresses this gap and provides an insight into the vivid world of this ‘hidden’ population.DesignFour participants from England were interviewed using semi‐structured interviews. Four superordinate themes and their corresponding subordinate themes emerged from the transcripts: Excessive self‐consciousness—The inner critic and Feeling judged by others; Influences of social and cultural norms—The impact of dress‐code rules and The pressure of high expectations; Embracing a false reality—Patterns of avoidance and The public self; and Coping strategies—Breaking the wall of cultural norms, Pushing the bubble out and Know that you are not alone. Due to the vastness of the data, this study presents only the first two superordinate themes and their corresponding subordinate themes.MethodsThe author chose interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA). This allowed the participants to describe thoroughly their lived experiences and enabled the researcher to adopt a scientific approach.ResultsThe results revealed that the socio‐cultural background of this population played a pivotal role in the prevalence and expression of SSA.ConclusionsThe participants' experiences were significantly influenced by the social and cultural norms of their country of origin as well as the characteristics of modern society in England. The predominant factors were the pressure of high expectations from family and society, transgenerational trauma, socio‐cultural norms, uncertainty about the future and lack of opportunities to secure employment. Future research could examine the socio‐cultural influences shaping contemporary British society and their impact on youth's mental health.

The Concept of the Three Orders of Society in Late Old English Prose

The Concept of the Three Orders of Society in Late Old English Prose. Between the years 991 and 1012, the English suffered one of the worst Viking onslaughts in history. The relentless invasions coupled with an ineffective administration which was crumbling from within almost brought England to its knees. There was dire need for reformation. The first step in this process was a clear assessment of the situation. To this end, Archbishop Wulfstan of York and Abbot Ælfric of Eynsham rediscover and use the concept of the tripartite society to show the desperate need for all three social orders of England (laboratores, oratores, bellatores) to unite in support of the office of kingship, lest everything be lost. The present paper aims to present the evolution of the concept of a tripartite society in Anglo-Saxon England from its (pseudo)Alfredian origins to its integration into the political tracts, law codes, sermons and homilies of late Anglo-Saxon England. Keywords: Wulfstan of York, Institutes of Polity, Ælfric, secular law, ecclesiastical law, tripartite society, laboratores, oratores, bellatores

Unveiling Beauty: Belinda's Quest for Youth in Alexander Pope's "The Rape of the Lock"

Alexander Pope's mock-epic The Rape of the Lock illuminates the complexity of youth, beauty, and society in early 18th-century England. This paper examines Pope's sympathetic portrayal of Belinda, who represents society's idealised youthful beauty and its anxieties about its loss, to demonstrate his poetic aim to critically analyse and understand the dangers of attachment to surface appearances resulting from society's obsession with youth and beauty.

Depiction and Description: Insights into Southern Alps Glaciers Conveyed by John Gully’s Paintings and Julius Haast’s Paper at the Royal Geographical Society

In June 1862, Julius Haast (1822–1887), the Canterbury Provincial Geologist, wrote to Joseph Hooker, Assistant Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, informing him that “being now naturalized I think it my duty to offer my work to the scientific societies in England.” Haast informed Hooker that as soon as his topographical map was finished, he would send the botanist “an account of the geological features of the Alps, on deposits of the glacial period, accompanied by maps, sections and sketches,” requesting him to present the account to the Geological Society of London.[i] Although this anticipated initial foray into publishing in British scientific journals did not eventuate until 1865,[ii] on 12 November 1863 Haast sent a copy of his large topographical map of the Southern Alps,[iii] accompanied by extensive notes on the physical geography of that region and a set of 12 watercolour paintings (e.g. fig. 1), to the geologist Sir Roderick Murchison,[iv] President of the Royal Geographical Society. Haast hoped that those landscape paintings would “best enable the members, to gain an insight into the wild mountain masses [of the Southern Alps], with their snowfields, glaciers and lakes [emphasis added].”[v] [i] Sascha Nolden, Esme Mildenhall and Simon Nathan, The Correspondence of Julius Haast and Joseph Dalton Hooker, 1861–1886 (Wellington: Geoscience Society of New Zealand, 2013), 22. Haast became a British citizen in February 1861. [ii] See Julius Haast, “Notes to a Sketch-Map of the Province of Canterbury, New Zealand, Showing the Glaciation During the Pleistocene and Recent Periods as Far as Explored,” Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 21, nos. 1–2 (1865): 87–96. [iii] On 11 June 1863, Haast informed Hooker that he was sending Murchison a large map with a set of watercolour drawings by the next mail (Nolden, Mildenhall and Nathan, Correspondence Haast-Hooker, 42–43). [iv] Ibid., 57. [v] Julius Haast, “Notes Accompanying a Map of the Province of Canterbury” (Royal Geographical Society Manuscript Archive, 1862), 1.

Blind lives: the sightless and society in early modern England

ABSTRACT The historiography on blindness in the early modern period has focused almost entirely on the condition itself, rather than the lived experiences of the blind. It is often suggested that before the modern age it is impossible to access their lives. This article challenges that assumption. The evidence, though fragmentary, is far richer than has been supposed. The article shifts the focus to the blind themselves: their emotional responses, experiences and lives, and the impact on their families. It demonstrates how the experience of blindness was shaped by factors such as age, social status, gender, occupation, and the degree of disability. The well-to-do found ways to adapt, while the poor faced a desperate struggle to survive. The blind continued to live among their neighbours, and through recovering their experiences we also gain a more nuanced picture of social attitudes across the early modern period.

Contemporary outcomes of surgical decompression for functional popliteal entrapment syndrome: Presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the New England Society for Vascular Surgery, Boston, MA, October 6-8, 2023.

Contemporary outcomes of surgical decompression for functional popliteal entrapment syndrome: Presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the New England Society for Vascular Surgery, Boston, MA, October 6-8, 2023.

Forensic Hypoglycaemia & Neuroglycopenia — A Clinical Legal Social Endocrinology Challenge for 2024, Forensic Law in Hypoglycaemia 4

Forensic Hypoglycaemia & Neuroglycopenia — A Clinical Legal Social Endocrinology Challenge for 2024, Forensic Law in Hypoglycaemia 4

The Spectral Famine in Anthony Trollope’s Castle Richmond

The Spectral Famine in Anthony Trollope’s Castle Richmond

Long-term functional outcomes of upper extremity civilian vascular trauma: Presented at the Fiftieth Annual Meeting of the New England Society for Vascular Surgery, Boston, Massachusetts, October 6-8, 2023.

Long-term functional outcomes of upper extremity civilian vascular trauma: Presented at the Fiftieth Annual Meeting of the New England Society for Vascular Surgery, Boston, Massachusetts, October 6-8, 2023.

Freddy Foks. Participant Observers: Anthropology, Colonial Development, and the Reinvention of Society in Britain. Berkeley Series in British Studies. Oakland: University of California Press, 2023. Pp. 280. $85.00 (cloth).

Freddy Foks. Participant Observers: Anthropology, Colonial Development, and the Reinvention of Society in Britain. Berkeley Series in British Studies. Oakland: University of California Press, 2023. Pp. 280. $85.00 (cloth).

“Mad Madge”: The Contribution of Margaret Cavendish to Animal Ethics

Abstract In this article, I will be looking at the person and works of Margaret Cavendish (1623–1673), an aristocrat and author whose philosophical texts and poetry defended the rational capacity of nonhuman animals. Generally, society in 17th-century England did not consider nonhuman animals to have any intelligence or emotional capacity and treated them accordingly. In her works, Cavendish sheds a light on these commonly accepted views, providing arguments against them and indicating their inconsistencies.

Participant observers: Anthropology, colonial development, and the reinvention of society in Britain By FreddyFoks : University of California Press. 2023. pp. 280. $34.95 (soft/ebook); $85.00 (cloth). ISBN: 9780520390331

Participant observers: Anthropology, colonial development, and the reinvention of society in Britain By FreddyFoks : University of California Press. 2023. pp. 280. $34.95 (soft/ebook); $85.00 (cloth). ISBN: 9780520390331

Unravelling the variations of the society of England and Wales through diffusion mapping analysis of census 2011.

We propose a new approach to identify geographical clustering and inequality hotspots from decadal census data, with a particular emphasis on the method itself. Our method uses diffusion mapping to study the 181 408 output areas in England and Wales (EW), which enables us to decompose the census data's EW-specific feature structures. We further introduce a localization metric, inspired by statistical physics, to reveal the significance of minority groups in London. Our findings can be adapted to analogous datasets, illuminating spatial patterns and differentiating within datasets, especially when meaning factors for determining the datasets' structure are scarce and spatially heterogeneous. This approach enhances our ability to describe and explore patterns of social deprivation and segregation across the country, thereby contributing to the development of targeted policies. We also underscore the method's intrinsic objectivity, guaranteeing its ability to offer comprehensive and unbiased analysis, unswayed by preconceived hypotheses or subjective interpretations of data patterns.

David M. Fahey. Temperance Societies in Late Victorian and Edwardian England. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020. Pp. 174. £58.99 (cloth).

David M. Fahey. Temperance Societies in Late Victorian and Edwardian England. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020. Pp. 174. £58.99 (cloth).

Characterization and management of type II and complex endoleaks after fenestrated/branched endovascular aneurysm repair: Presented at the plenary session of the Forty-ninth Annual Meeting of the New England Society for Vascular Surgery, Newport, RI, October 15, 2022.

Characterization and management of type II and complex endoleaks after fenestrated/branched endovascular aneurysm repair: Presented at the plenary session of the Forty-ninth Annual Meeting of the New England Society for Vascular Surgery, Newport, RI, October 15, 2022.

Unravelling the Dynamics of Christian Missionary Evangelical Activities in Colonial Punjab (1849-1947)

The article focused on the evangelical activities of Christian missionaries to convert the natives to Christianity in colonial Punjab, with particular reference to Lahore and Sialkot districts. With the annexation of Punjab in 1849, the cultural and social ethos took a surprising turn, and a new community of converted Christians started to form progressively. This new societal drive was unique because it attracted individuals from affluent backgrounds and triggered mass conversion in socially and economically side-lined communities of Punjab. After annexation, missionaries flocked to Punjab from all parts of India. Most missionaries, who moved to Punjab, were either associated with the American Presbyterian Church or the Church Missionary Society of England (CMS) and the Church of Scotland. Nonetheless, along with these two mission societies, other established missions in India also contributed to converting natives to Christianity, though to a lesser extent. In the conversion process, missionaries used institutions, e.g., schools, colleges, and medical centres, but they also employed different conversion techniques already being deployed in other parts of India. The primary aim of the missionaries was to convert a large part of Punjabi society to Christianity by employing various techniques of evangelicalism. The conversion among lower caste degraded the image of Christianity and further handicapped further activities of missionaries.

Abstracts published from the New England Society of Allergy Annual Fall Meeting, October 22-23, 2022, Portsmouth, NH.

Abstracts published from the New England Society of Allergy Annual Fall Meeting, October 22-23, 2022, Portsmouth, NH.

Impacts of Puritan Society on the New England Witchcraft Trials

One of the most popularized events of early colonial America is that of the witchcraft trials in New England. Puritans fleeing the English Reformation settled in New England in the seventeenth century, bringing aspects of English tradition and culture with them. As a result, English ideas of witchcraft became entwined with New England culture. This paper seeks to identify and explain the correlation between Puritan society in New England and the witchcraft accusations of the seventeenth century using both primary and secondary sources. The role of femininity, as outlined by Puritan society, is considered for its relationship to witchery. This paper will first outline the process of witchcraft accusations in Puritan society. The broad and specific characteristics of women accused of witchcraft will also be examined in this paper, along with the realities of execution.

Текстовые средства распространения реформационных идей в обществе Англии середины XVI века

The death of Henry VIII in January 1547 entailed a departure from a rather rigid line in religious policy, which, in turn, led to a freer dissemination of ideas in the field of religion. This spread was characterized not only by the increased number of published texts, but also by the boldness of the authors' statements, the brightness of the images they used. The article is devoted to the study of textual means of spreading of reformation ideas in the society of England in the middle of the 16th century. The object of the study is genrediverse works: the sermon “About the plow”, written by Hugh Latimer, one of the leaders of the promotion of religious transformations in England, and the satirical work “Doctor Double Ale”, published by the London doctor Luke Shepherd. Sermons and satirical works of the middle of the 16th century, given the rather large literacy of the population of the foggy Albion, should have found a warm response from those to whom the writings were addressed. However, despite the fact that these works were created in line with the official policy of religious transformations, it is quite difficult to talk about the degree of their direct influence on its implementation.

Sixteenth-Century Readers, Fifteenth-Century Books: Continuities of Reading in the English Reformation

Sixteenth-Century Readers, Fifteenth-Century Books: Continuities of Reading in the English Reformation