Article: Story-telling, women's authority and the "Old Wife's Tale": "The Story of the Bottle of Medicine".
History workshop journal : HWJ
2012 Volume 73, Issue 1, Page(s) 95–117
Abstract: The focus of this article is a single personal narrative – a Shetland woman's telling of a story about two girls on a journey to fetch a cure for a sick relative from a wise woman. The story is treated as a cultural document which offers the historian a ... ...
| Abstract | The focus of this article is a single personal narrative – a Shetland woman's telling of a story about two girls on a journey to fetch a cure for a sick relative from a wise woman. The story is treated as a cultural document which offers the historian a conduit to a past that is respectful of indigenous woman-centred interpretations of how that past was experienced and understood. The "story of the bottle of medicine" is more than a skilful telling of a local tale; it is a memory practice that provides a path to a deeper and more nuanced understanding of a culture. Applying perspectives from anthropology, oral history and narrative analysis, three sets of questions are addressed: the issue of authenticity; the significance of the narrative structure and storytelling strategies employed; and the nature of the female performance. Ultimately the article asks what this story can tell us about women's interpretation of their own history. |
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| MeSH term(s) | Cultural Characteristics/history ; History, 20th Century ; Medicine, Traditional/history ; Narration/history ; Therapeutics/history ; United Kingdom/ethnology ; Women/education ; Women/history ; Women/psychology |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2012-07-24 |
| Publishing country | England |
| Document type | Historical Article ; Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 2076082-6 |
| ISSN | 1477-4569 ; 1363-3554 |
| ISSN (online) | 1477-4569 |
| ISSN | 1363-3554 |
| DOI | 10.1093/hwj/dbr058 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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