Saris, A. Jamie
(2000)
Culture and History in the Halfway House:
Ethnography, Tradition, and the Rural Middle
Class in the West of Ireland.
Journal of Historical Sociology, 13.
pp. 10-36.
ISSN 0952-1909
Abstract
In this essay, I examine aspects of the life of a mental hospital nurse in the
context of two main discourses (1) cultural debates about Ireland over the course of
the last century or so, and (2) how the west of the island has been portrayed in some
ethnographic writings. I argue that this nurse is situated partially in and partially out
of both these discourses, and, furthermore, he is implicated in reproducingsome ideas
that render such judgment possible. I put forward a concept of ‘‘brokerage’’ to explain
how objects and narratives that invoke a ‘‘tradition’’ stretching back into contested
and intellectually murky histories can be experienced as felt orientations within a
cultural environment.
| Item Type: |
Article
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| Keywords: |
Culture; History; Halfway House;
Ethnography; Tradition; Rural Middle
Class; West of Ireland; |
| Academic Unit: |
Faculty of Social Sciences > Anthropology |
| Item ID: |
8385 |
| Depositing User: |
Dr. A. Jamie Saris
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| Date Deposited: |
28 Jun 2017 11:17 |
| Journal or Publication Title: |
Journal of Historical Sociology |
| Publisher: |
Wiley |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
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