“The Road of War” and “The Path of Peace”: William Morris’s Representation of Violence by Eleonora Sasso

“…Morris’s early romances and the high fantasies develop their own detailed blueprint of wars and battles which reveal to be a broad philosophical meditation on the entire mediaeval vision of man’s aggressive attitude. …”
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Acceptance of sexual attraction and its link to psychological distress and sexual offending among pedohebephilic clients: results from a preliminary analysis by Anna Konrad, Laura Maria Heid, Hannah Scheuermann, Klaus Michael Beier, Till Amelung

“…IntroductionPedohebephilic disorder is characterized by intense sexual urges or fantasies involving children, which can lead to distress or sexual behavior with children. …”
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Alla ricerca di radici nel mondo « per una vita migliore ». Incontrarsi tra residenti e turisti a Lalibela (Etiopia), piccola città del patrimonio mondiale by Marie Bridonneau

“…In questo contesto, storie esemplari di alcuni fortunati “patrocinati” alimentano le fantasie dei giovani alla ricerca di un inserimento nel mondo e di una “vita migliore”.…”
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Monster or Missing Link? The Mermaid and the Victorian Imagination by Béatrice Laurent

“…While the evolutionist hypothesis was gaining ground in the early decades of the nineteenth century and paleontology showed that species had existed and become extinct, many natural scientists were led to think that the fantastic animals which peopled classical mythologies maybe were not the fantasies of creative minds but lost species. In this context, mermaids that had been household names for ages were perceived as hybrid creatures, possibly even missing links between the aquatic and terrestrial forms of life. …”
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Une reconstruction progressiste du passé : Renaissance et Risorgimento dans « Old Pictures in Florence » de Robert Browning by François Crampe

“…From an aesthetic as from a political viewpoint, the fact that it remained unfinished is precisely what gives the work of art its main strength, inasmuch as it leaves open the necessary space for a taking up, a progress rooted in the ambitions of the past, and the promise of a political evolution which uses the past, against all reactionary fantasies, as the model for a progressive momentum. …”
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Prevalence and influencing factors of non-suicidal self-injurious behaviour among Chinese college students: a Meta-analysis by TAO Silu, MAO Guoju, XIONG Yi, GUO Mengjia, WU Dongmei

“…Freshman year [OR=1.55, 95%CI(1.22, 1.97)], sophomore year [OR=1.74, 95%CI(1.36, 2.23)], bornin urban or town [OR=1.44, 95%CI(1.26, 1.64)], non-medical colleges or majors [OR=1.50, 95%CI(1.39, 1.61)], negative life events [OR=1.02, 95%CI(1.01, 1.04)], sexual abuse in primary school or earlier [OR=3.14, 95%CI(1.97, 5.02)], depression [OR=1.47, 95%CI(1.33, 1.63)], anxiety [OR=2.20, 95%CI(1.25, 3.87)], fantasies [OR=1.18, 95%CI(1.03, 1.35)], alcohol consumption [OR=1.60, 95%CI(1.40, 1.83)], and feelings of sadness and despair [OR=6.32, 95%CI(2.96, 13.51)] were the risk factors for prevalence of NSSI in Chinese college students.Conclusion The prevalence of NSSI among Chinese college students is high and closely related to a variety of factors. …”
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Le corps féminin à Casablanca : un reflet mouvant des rôles de genre ? by Leila Bouasria, Nezha Aidi

“…Fulfilling male demands regarding sexuality evokes a traditional erotic image; however, the public sphere demands a toning down of this image to adhere to social norms. Subject to male fantasies on one hand, and stigmatization on the other when it does not conform to gender stereotypes in the collective imagination, a new ideal of a “controlled body”, capable of adapting to social changes is gradually emerging in representations. …”
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