963 research outputs found
Relazioni sociali e nuove competenze per l'economia rurale: il ruolo delle università
No full textCon una prospettiva multidisciplinare il volume affronta il tema delle pratiche alimentari nello scenario della polarizzazione delle disuguaglianze incentrata sul binomio sovra/sottoalimentazione che contraddistingue l’età contemporanea, ponendo particolare attenzione ai significati attraverso cui gli attori sociali connettono la funzione “naturale” dell’alimentazione alla dimensione culturale e relazionale, marcandone il carattere identitario
Comment faire l’amour avec un Nègre sans se fatiguer de Dany Laferrière: entre succès littéraire et échec cinématographique
No full textLa production littéraire haïtienne-québécoise est l'une des avant-gardes de l'écriture postmoderne actuelles. Le Québec, lieu dynamique où elle apparaît, s'avère aussi être un espace où les échanges autour des concepts de nation, de culture, d'émigration et d'identité sont, aujourd'hui, parmi les plus féconds sur le plan théorique.
Les textes de Dany Laferrière, écrivain d'origine haïtienne, pratiquent justement une écriture métisse et se situent dans l'entre-deux, entre deux îles, entre deux déracinements, entre deux exils.
Cet entre-deux se fonde nécessairement sur l'absence de l'un des lieux intériorisés, qui habite l'autre. Haïti est exil et île intérieure, lieu d'une écriture diverse, métisse, plurielle, disséminée aux quatre coins du monde.
De ce rapport déchirant à l'île originelle, naît l'écriture de Laferrière, tentative perpétuelle de réconciliation des mémoires affective, "culturelle" et "collective", pour reprendre les schèmes théoriques avancés par Régine Robin au sujet de l'écriture de l'exil.
Dans ce contexte, s'insère le premier roman au titre provocant de Dany Laferrière, Comment faire l'amour avec un Nègre sans se fatiguer (1985).
Suite au succès éclatant de ce roman, la nouvelle télévision Quatre Saisons l'engage en 1986 pour présenter la météo. Le Québec reçoit le choc d'un Noir annonçant la neige et les angoissantes blancheurs de février, tout cela avec légèreté et humour. Un nouveau personnage naît dans le paysage télévisuel ; ce qui l'amènera à la fameuse émission de Radio-Canada, La bande des six, qui réunit six des meilleurs chroniqueurs de la presse québécoise.
En outre, la sortie du film en 1989, tiré de ce premier roman, lui permet de se familiariser avec le cinéma. Le film provoque un scandale aux États-Unis où la plupart des grands médias (New York Times, Washington Post, Herald Tribune, Miami Herald, Los Angeles Times) l'ont censuré. Le cinéma influence grandement son écriture. En ces années, il fréquente le petit cinéma le Ouimetoscope, découvrant un cinéma d'auteur qui imprégnera toute son œuvre.
Par sa mise en scène de la question raciale, de la condition immigrante, des rapports entre les hommes et les femmes ainsi que de la marginalité, la production de Dany Laferrrière s'inscrit donc dans une thématique identitaire qui rencontre aujourd'hui une estime médiatique, sans compter son succès de librairie en français et en traduction
Colonialism and Resistance. Problems of Perspectives in Doris Lessing's Autobiographical Writings
No full textThis volume critically explores the contact zones between cultures, literatures and languages from theoretical, methodological and thematic perspectives. It is made up of a network of factual, metaphorical, and intersemiotic contact zones and bridges, emphasising, on the one hand, the sites of contact and their borders and, on the other hand, the sites of connection and connecting movements. Cultural, literary and linguistic contact zones comprise transcultural and interdisciplinary spaces, which reflect the multifarious dynamics characterising contemporary societies. They lead to limitless processes involving the re-conceptualisation and reconfiguration of individual, social, and cultural events through the application of cross-disciplinary theories, methods, and tools. This critical perspective guides the very structure of this collection, in its single contributions and as a whole: literary, cultural, and linguistic ana lyses are arranged following the dynamics of the border-crossing theoretical premises animating itstranscultural and interdisciplinary approach
Pragmatic and Lexical Skills of Learners with Dyslexia and EFL Learning
Full text linkMuch research on dyslexia focuses on the phonological deficit and its impact on L2 spelling, reading and listening comprehension. The article tackles the role of lexical and pragmatic abilities in English as a foreign language (EFL). It first introduces the complex nature of pragmatic abilities and their importance in some common foreign language learning tasks. It then discusses the preliminary results of ongoing research on pragmatic and lexical skills in a group of adult EFL learners. Finally, it draws some conclusions on the possible impact of impairment in these areas in the EFL classroom and offers suggestions for inclusive English language and literature teaching
Exposure-Tolerant Imaging Solution forCultural Heritage Monitoring
Full text linkThis paper describes a simple and cheap solution specifically designed for monitoring the degradation of thin coatings employed for metal protection. The proposed solution employs a commercial photocamera and a frequency-domain-based approach that is capable of highlighting the surface uniformity changes due to initial corrosion. Even though the proposed solution is specifically designed to monitor the long-time performance of protective coatings employed for the restoration of silver artifacts, it can be successfully used also for assessing the conservation state of other ancient metallic works of art. The proposed solution is made tolerant to exposure changes by using a procedure for sensor nonlinearity identification and correction, does not require a precise lighting control, and employs only free open-source software, so that its overall cost is very low and can be used also by not specifically trained operator
The C-Section Epidemic: What's Tort Reform Got to Do With It?
No full textToday one in three babies in the United States comes into the world by cesarean section. The cesarean section has become the most commonly performed operating room procedure in the United States. Conventional wisdom holds that malpractice liability bears primary responsibility for the cesarean section epidemic and that tort reform, which caps physician liability, holds the key to its reduction. This article presents new aggregate empirical data that debunks this view. For the first time, it provides a national cesarean rate for births subject to damage caps and a national cesarean rate for births without damage caps. This data shows that a woman is not less likely to give birth by cesarean section in a state with damage caps than in one without. Thus, either damage caps are insufficient to address physicians’ concerns or other explanations better account for the overuse of the procedure. The empirical analysis will assist policy makers and advocates seeking to reduce the cesarean rate as well as contribute to consideration of the efficacy of medical malpractice reform as a means to reduce the broader problem of medical overtreatment.
The article then outlines three policy initiatives to reduce the cesarean section rate. First, it suggests upending the current payment practice for deliveries. Contrary to the present norm, it proposes that obstetricians receive more rather than less to deliver vaginally to compensate them for the extra time that vaginal delivery takes compared to cesarean delivery. Second, rather than looking to tort reform to reduce cesarean section rates, the article explores whether malpractice insurance providers themselves are contributing to the cesarean section epidemic and advocates two novel medical malpractice insurance reforms to address this problem. Third, it advocates public disclosure of hospital and physician cesarean section rates so that women can make informed decisions when selecting their health care providers and when determining whether to have a cesarean section
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