L’usure iconique. Circulation et valeur des images dans le cinéma américain contemporain by Mathias Kusnierz

“…This article counters this assumption by examining the various ways in which images do act upon the real. Relying on Jonathan Beller’s “attention theory of value” and Peter Szendy’s concept of “iconomy,” this article proposes that reflexivity does impact the real, particularly through what we call iconomic energy. …”
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Red Ring Nematode, Bursaphelenchus cocophilus (Cobb) Baujard (Nematoda: Secernentea: Tylenchida: Aphelenchina: Aphelenchoidea: Bursaphelechina) formerly Rhadinaphelenchus cocophilu... by Angela S. Brammer, William T. Crow

“…., which is attracted to fresh trunk wounds and acts as a vector for B. cocophilus to uninfected trees. …”
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Multiplying textile lives. Textile collection and recycling in urban Africa by Moritz Kasper, Elmar Stroomer

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La “Nuit de la Nation” : culture jeune, rock’n’roll et panique morale dans la France des années 1960 by Florence Tamagne

“…The free concert, which attracted about 150.000 people, was the theatre of many incidents and acts of violence attributed to the “blousons noirs”, an expression that designated young offenders, generally fans of rock’n’roll. …”
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“Now Will Someone Kindly Tell Me What Is Her Proper Sphere?” Woman Suffrage, Women’s Political Participation, and the Populist Movement by Jean-Louis Marin-Lamellet

“…This paper examines how Populism—more particularly Populism in the western Plains—provided women with a political space to act as civic agents without suffrage. It focuses on grassroots activists and women leaders’ mobilization, the limits electoral politics and partisanship imposed on the suffrage movement, case studies of Populist-backed state suffrage referenda, and the subversion of gender norms Populist women’s political activism represented. …”
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Demographics and the Irony of Existential Profiling in Yorùbá Thought: Policy Considerations for Nigeria by Wale Olajide

“…The essay explores the seemingly contradictory proverbs that both vindicate and vilify the act of giving birth to many children. The essay further connects this traditional Yorùbá wisdom to contemporary procreative practices of Yorùbá Christians and Muslims, and their interpretations of scriptural injunction to be fruitful and multiply. …”
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Henri Duveyrier et Cheikh ‘Othmân, cartographes du Sahara by Dominique Casajus

“…This shows how much the author owed to local informants for their contribution, including scholar Sheikh 'Othman, who, in a way, acted as his mentor during his stay in Tuareg country. …”
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Apologétique et vulgarisation : les notes de lecture sur les « pamphlets » de Mgr de Ségur by Taro Nakajima

“…The question is about how Flaubert’s reading notes on Mgr de Ségur’s “pamphlets”, taken in preparation of Bouvard et Pécuchet’s chapter IX (religion) and of the second volume, are used in the novel, especially for two types of discourses: the counter-revolutionary speech of M. de Faverges whose act of charity embodies Mgr de Ségur’s social Catholicism, and M. …”
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Costumed doubles and avatars in Janieta Eyre’s photographic self-portraits by Valérie MORISSON

“…Judith Butler’s view of gender as stylized repetition of acts chimes in with Eyre’s use of seriality and endless mises-en-abyme, while Paul Gee’s definition of projective identity as a liminal form of identity—an interface between the real and the virtual self—and other researchers’ exploration of the avatar in game theory shed additional light on Eyre’s use of costuming.…”
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Corps martyrisés, corps sanglants, corps dépecés : le Perlesvaus, ancêtre du gore ? by Armand Strubel

“…The novel commonly known as Perlesvaus, which calls itself the Haut Livre du Graal, disconcerts the lector by a dramatic accumulation of acts of barbarism and a taste for horrible detail. …”
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Une approche conative de la violence en milieu scolaire : une perspective singulière et éclairante sur les problématiques qui touchent l’école. Vers une « responsabilité fonctionne... by Isabelle Joing, Jacques Mikulovic

“…This emerging approach then makes it possible to define a pattern of how institutions work which in turn enables us to apprehend how institutions think and act. Beyond a school-related effect, the data collected allow us to consider a « functional responsibility » in the understanding of the phenomena that affect school, especially school violence.…”
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ZARûRİYYÂT DÜZEYİNDEKİ GÂÎ DEĞERLERİN MAHİYETİ VE EVRENSEL NİTELİĞİ ÜZERİNE by Ali Pekcan

“…Thanks to this procedure, not only would the capability and being binding of the source turn out, but the cause and the divine wisdom behind his act also would be understandable for the sane adult (mukallaf).…”
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Just Adaptation? How the Diffusion of Norms in the Global Climate Regime Affects International Climate Politics by Delf Rothe

“…Politics in the international climate regime is a balancing act between intra- and intergenerational justice, as it has to account for both the needs of developing countries and those of future generations. …”
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Religious plurality in Africa: A challenge to the church

“…However, since the inception of a democratically elected government in 1994 and the passing of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, Act 108 of 1996, all religions have politically equal status. …”
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Important Things to Know about Medicare Chapter Three: Medicare Part B--Medical Insurance by Amanda Terminello, Martie Gillen

“…The information in this series is based on the most current data available and includes several changes with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. This guide was also written using Florida guidelines when appropriate. …”
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Important Things to Know about Medicare: Chapter Six--”Medigap” Policies by Amanda Terminello, Martie Gillen

“…The information in this series is based on the most current data available and includes several changes with the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. This guide was also written using Florida guidelines when appropriate. …”
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POLICY-LEGAL INSTRUMENTS OF INDIRECT ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT by Jelena Šogorov Vučković

“…When using indirect means, the state appeals to the addressees to act appropriately to protect the environment, but without forcibly sanctioning behaviour, if that appeals are not accepted. …”
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An Anti-Racist reading of the notion of 'fundamental British values' by Ümit Yıldız

“…‘FBVs’ play a dual role, firstly as a tool to identify the signs of ‘radicalisation’ and ‘extremism’ amongst young, predominantly Muslim people. Secondly, it acts as an assimilationist, racist educational policy which promotes the superiority of ‘British values’ over covertly identified ‘Other’ values.  …”
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Les rituels en question dans la relation éducative : rupture des liens, maintien du lien, instauration de nouveaux liens by Christiane Montandon

“…The contemporary deritualization, correlative to a progressively more individualized social act, highlights the embrittlement of the social link within educational institutions. …”
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“For a while they felt better”: Negation in A Flag for Sunrise by Brady Harrison

“…Charges into the third world arise from these intertwining fears, from the ache within that can only be briefly quieted through acts of brutality, appropriation, conquest. Imperialism, he suggests, grows from a need to fill this void within, or at least to shut one=s eyes to it through ferocious activities and desires.…”
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