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Embarked Lives
No full textThis selection for BIG_Review focuses on exile, but it is also linked to the idea of destiny. What marks a life? Irregularities and meaning. To the shipwrecked is induced a loss but also a reconstruction that can be significant to the immigrants but not only. In this way, Ramírez’s work can vibrate within us with its humanistic and poetic vision. — Elisa Ganivet, Art & Borders Editor. All images copyright the artist, Enrique Ramírez. No reproductions without authorization
Motherhood and Suffrage in Early Twentieth-Century Canadian Women’s Journals
No full textMaternal feminists of Canada\u27s early women’s movements used their publications to define who should be a Canadian citizen and who deserved the vote. To this end, maternal feminists created an exclusionary concept of motherhood that reached from the domestic to the national sphere in order to justify their own enfranchisement and sense of belonging at the expense of marginalized groups—namely women who did not or could not bear sons, women who could not meet popular child-rearing standards, Indigenous women, and immigrants who were not perceived to be white. The exclusionary rhetoric and ideologies put forward by early twentieth-century Canadian women’s journals not only cut off marginalized groups from enfranchisement and national belonging but also further entrenched the social, racial, and gender divides that alienated these groups in the first place
The Annexation of Crimea and EU Sanctions: An Ineffective Response
No full textOngoing geopolitical developments regarding Russia and Ukraine have resulted in discussions about the utility of sanctions. This article analyzes European Union (EU) sanctions on Russia following the annexation of Crimea by investigating whether EU-Russia oil and gas trade relations compromised the efficacy of restrictions. It thus argues that the EU did not sanction Russian oil and gas due to EU reliance on these resources. However, the absence of sanctions on these industries cannot be held responsible for Russia’s refusal to leave Crimea since restrictions that were put in place still notably impacted the Russian economy. Hence, other considerations, such as the general inefficacy of sanctions, unintended consequences of the EU restrictions, and deeper historical reasoning clarify why Russia’s occupation of Crimea persisted.  
Joseph Hinman. "God Science Ideology: Examining the Role of Ideology in the Religious-Scientific Dialogue."
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Benjamin Storey and Jenna Silber Storey, "Why We Are Restless: On the Modern Quest for Contentment."
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Erich Hatala Matthes, "Drawing the Line: What to Do with the Work of Immoral Artists from Museums to the Movies."
No full text"It is Unfair to the Animals to Call the German Rapists Animals": Jewish Resistance to Rape at the Hands of Nazis in Polish Ghettos
No full textDespite the close examination of Nazi brutality in the postwar years, certain atrocities remain relatively understudied. Crimes involving sexualized violence in particular were neglected by scholars until recently for a variety of reasons, including the incorrect notion that German laws prohibiting Rassenschande (racial defilement) prevented “Aryan” Germans from raping Jews. As a result, certain forms of violence such as rape have not traditionally been considered part of the Nazi terror apparatus. In an effort to shed light on the topic of sexualized violence in the Holocaust and to emphasizethe agency of victims and survivors, this paperinvestigates how Jews resisted rape and attempted rape in ghettos across occupied Poland by members of the Wehrmacht (German Armed Forces) and Schutzstaffel (Protection Squad, SS). An analysis of survivor testimony belonging to Jewish survivors who either experienced such violence at the hands of Nazis in Polish ghettos or were witness to it shows that rape in this context was resisted with vigour and in various ways
Les chants des oiseaux au XVIIe siècle : topoï, types et savoirs
No full textFrom the end of the 17th century, the rich bestiary of the fables offers an ideal field of exploration to test the hypothesis of the topics of sound. Among the many crows, storks, roosters, owls, pigeons, sparrows, eagles, peacocks, nightingales, most of them have a singular, recognisable, imitable voice. All or almost all of them are anthropomorphised, as well as speak and play a major role in fiction. This article seeks to address the following questions based on the fables of La Fontaine, Perrault, Furetière, Fénelon and Mme de Villedieu in addition to Philippe Desprez and Houdar de la Motte: are bird songs always treated according to aesthetic criteria or according to their effects on the audience? Are there any narrative topoi associated with the songs of birds, or even with the songs of certain birds? Or are birds rather character types with a specific song as a characteristic? What is the place of zoological knowledge in these representations? Le bestiaire très riche des fables de la fin du XVIIe siècle offre un terrain d’exploration idéal pour vérifier l’hypothèse des topiques sonores. Parmi les nombreux corbeaux, cigognes, coqs, hiboux, pigeons, moineaux, aigles, paons, rossignols, tous ou presque ont une voix singulière, reconnaissable, imitable. Tous ou presque sont anthropomorphisés, parlent et jouent un rôle essentiel dans la fiction. Cet article cherche ainsi à répondre aux questions suivantes à partir des fables de La Fontaine, Perrault, Furetière, Fénelon et Mme de Villedieu ainsi que de Philippe Desprez et Houdar de la Motte : leschants des oiseaux sont-ils toujours envisagés selon des critères esthétiques ou selon leurs effets sur l’auditoire ? Peut-on dégager des topoï narratifs associés aux chants des oiseaux, voire aux chants de certains oiseaux ? Ou les oiseaux sont-ils plutôt des types dont le chant spécifique serait une caractéristique ? Quelle est la place des savoirs zoologiques dans ces représentations ?