59 research outputs found
Occupation, race, and empire: Maxence Van der Meersch\u27s Invasion 14
No full textIn his 1935 novel Invasion 14, Maxence Van der Meersch painted a nuanced picture of the German invasion and occupation of northern France during World War I. Despite local controversy, Invasion 14 won national and international praise, losing the Prix Goncourt by a single vote. Though neglected in the wake of World War II, when the author\u27s treatment of Franco-German relations between 1914 and 1918 ran headlong into evolving myths of widespread resistance between 1940 and 1944, Invasion 14 has garnered renewed attention as a window onto the occupation of World War I. Heretofore unappreciated, however, is Van der Meersch\u27s use of colonial themes of race and empire. Based on research in the Archives Maxence Van der Meersch, this study explores the author\u27s treatment of colonial motifs, demonstrating their centrality to the novel and the debate it generated. © Berghahn Journals
Recensé: EileenBoris, Dorothea Hoehtker et Susan Zimmermann (dir.), Women’s ILO: Transnational Networks, Global Labour Standards and Gender Equity, 1919 to Present, Leiden, Brill, 2018, 412 p
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Recensé: EileenBoris, Dorothea Hoehtker et Susan Zimmermann (dir.), Women’s ILO: Transnational Networks, Global Labour Standards and Gender Equity, 1919 to Present, Leiden, Brill, 2018, 412 p
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Recensé: EileenBoris, Dorothea Hoehtker et Susan Zimmermann (dir.), Women’s ILO: Transnational Networks, Global Labour Standards and Gender Equity, 1919 to Present, Leiden, Brill, 2018, 412 p
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Eileen Boris, Dorothea Hoehtker et Susan Zimmermann (dir.) (2018) - Women’s ILO
No full textReviewed: Eileen Boris, Dorothea Hoehtker and Susan Zimmermann (eds.), Women’s ILO: Transnational Networks, Global Labour Standards and Gender Equity, 1919 to Present, Leiden, Brill, 2018, 412 p.Recensé : Eileen Boris, Dorothea Hoehtker et Susan Zimmermann (dir.), Women’s ILO : Transnational Networks, Global Labour Standards and Gender Equity, 1919 to Present, Leyde, Brill, 2018, 412 p
Recensé: EileenBoris, Dorothea Hoehtker et Susan Zimmermann (dir.), Women’s ILO: Transnational Networks, Global Labour Standards and Gender Equity, 1919 to Present, Leiden, Brill, 2018, 412 p
No full textInternational audienc
Recensé: EileenBoris, Dorothea Hoehtker et Susan Zimmermann (dir.), Women’s ILO: Transnational Networks, Global Labour Standards and Gender Equity, 1919 to Present, Leiden, Brill, 2018, 412 p
No full textInternational audienc
Recensé: EileenBoris, Dorothea Hoehtker et Susan Zimmermann (dir.), Women’s ILO: Transnational Networks, Global Labour Standards and Gender Equity, 1919 to Present, Leiden, Brill, 2018, 412 p
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Maxence Van der Meersch, herald of the common people
No full textCette thèse se propose d’examiner la place de Maxence Van der Meersch dans la littérature populaire, notamment en confrontant les choix esthétiques et les oeuvres romanesques de l’écrivain aux courants populiste et prolétarien, mais aussi en étudiant les rapports personnels que le romancier entretint avec le peuple. L’examen de ses idéologies sociales et politiques permet de mieux cerner un homme qui, fidèle à ses convictions, refusa d’intégrer un groupe qui ne le représentât pas intégralement et demeura ainsi inclassable tant sur le plan littéraire que politique. Les thèmes de prédilection du romancier sont passés en revue, femmes pécheresses, rachat par la souffrance, figures christiques, personnages d’hercules, etc. ; et l’analyse de ces différents poncifs et clichés, populaires ou non, conduit à une remise en questions des reproches de manichéisme et de simplification extrême souvent faits à l’écrivain. Si son engagement et sa volonté de convaincre l’amenèrent parfois à des prises de position très tranchées, la principale cause qu’il voulut défendre fut celle du peuple, pour lequel son attachement ne se démentit jamais. L’étude s’appuie sur les romans publiés et inédits de l’auteur, ainsi que sur les nombreux et précieux documents présents au Fonds Maxence Van der Meersch de Wasquehal et dans les archives Albin Michel à l’IMEC. Elle est complétée par des annexes qui exhument des textes jusque là restés inédits.This thesis proposes to examine Maxence Van der Meersch’s place in popular literature, especially by confronting the writer’s aesthetic choices and novels with populist and proletarian movements, and also by studying the personal relationship the novelist had with the popular classes. The examination of his social and political ideologies allows to grasp better a man who, true to his convictions, refused to integrate a group that would not have represented him entirely and therefore remained unclassifiable both in the political and literary fields. The novelist’s favourite themes are reviewed : sinful women, atonement by suffering, Christly figures, Herculean characters, etc. ; and the analysis of those different stereotypes and commonplaces, whether popular or not, leads to a questioning of the criticisms about Manicheism and extreme simplification that are often made to the writer. If his commitment and his will to convince sometimes induced him to very clear-cut standpoints, the main cause he wanted to defend was that of the workers, for whom his attachment was never denied. The study is based on published and unpublished novels of the author, and on the numerous and precious documents from the Maxence Van der Meersch Resource of Wasquehal and from Albin Michel archives at IMEC. It is completed with appendixes that bring to light so far unpublished texts
Social environment and feeding state influence movement decisions in a web‐building spider
No full textIt is well recognized that feeding rate has a major influence on the amount of movement between microhabitats for many animals. However, the role of other extrinsic and intrinsic factors, and particularly how these factors may interact, is not well understood. This three-part study examines the movement decisions of a web-building spider, Latrodectus hesperus, by assessing microhabitat tenacity in established spiders and by testing how the presence of conspecific neighbours and the combined influence of individual feeding state (determined by prior feeding experience) and neighbour presence influence microhabitat residence time in unestablished spiders. The results show that naturally established spiders did not leave their microhabitats readily, emphasizing the importance of choosing a profitable location. Unestablished spiders stayed longer in microhabitats occupied by conspecifics than in unoccupied ones, and there was practically no cannibalism even though neighbours shared webs. Furthermore, feeding state and neighbour presence showed an interactive effect on microhabitat residence time. When spiders were housed alone, microhabitat residence time increased with feeding state. However, in the presence of conspecifics, spiders had a low propensity to move, regardless of feeding state. Together, these results demonstrate the combined importance of grouping dynamics and feeding state in shaping movement decisions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]Peer reviewedfinal article publishe
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