Entre antifascismo y comunismo: Aníbal Ponce como ícono de una generación intelectual

El artículo estudia el problema de la constitución de ciertos elementos identitarios de la cultura comunista argentina del período de entreguerras, a partir del análisis del itinerario intelectual y político del escritor Aníbal Ponce (1898-1938), y de las lecturas que de su figura se hicieron en la sociabilidad cultural comunista argentina y latinoamericana, para postular la hipótesis de que a través de Ponce se vehiculiza una forma de marxismo que tiende más allá de la apelación de la identidad con la clase obrera, a la exaltación de una continuidad entre un mítico pasado liberal argentino y un horizonte histórico que se visualiza en la URSS.The paper studies the problem of the constitution of identity elements of Communist culture interwar Argentina, from the analysis of the intellectual and political journey of the writer Aníbal Ponce (1898-1938). It also examines the interpretations of his figure became communist cultural sociability in Argentina and Latin America, to postulate the hypothesis that through Ponce conveys a form of Marxism that tends beyond the appeal of identity with the working class, to the exaltation of a continuity between a mythical past and a liberal Argentine historical horizon that is displayed in the USSR.Fil: Pasolini, Ricardo Oscar. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Tandil. Instituto de Geografía, Historia y Ciencias Sociales; Argentin

Anti-fascism and social networks in the province : Ateneo de Cultura Popular, Tandil (1935-1936)

El artículo estudia el surgimiento y la clausura del Ateneo de Cultura Popular de Tandil en el clima mundial de la lucha antifascista. Su propósito principal es identificar los mecanismos de circulación de ideas entre un centro cultural y su periferia y, a la vez, observar el contexto de recepción de ellas. Partiendo de los supuestos teóricos del social network analysis, se propone analizar el tejido de relaciones personales activado en la dinámica del centro cultural para explicar el motivo de su clausura. Así, presenta las dimensiones estructurales e interaccionales de la red social en la que los actores se hallan insertos. Finalmente, el artículo puede ser considerado un ejercicio intelectual para entender espacios sociales de práctica cultural en los que no domina la actividad profesionalizada.This article examines the emergence and closure of Ateneo de Cultura Popular de Tandil in the global environment of anti-fascist struggle. Its main purpose is to identify the mechanisms of ideas circulation between a cultural center and its periphery, and, at the same time, to look at the context in which such ideas are received. Starting from the theoretical assumptions of social network analysis, it is intended to analyze the relationship web activated in the cultural center dynamics to explain its closure reason. Thereby, it presents the structural and interactional dimensions of the social network in which the actors are embedded. Finally, the article can be considered an intellectual exercise to understand social spaces of cultural practice where not professionalized activities dominate.Fil: Pasolini, Ricardo. Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aire

La parrocchiale di Santa Barbara a Villacidro e i suoi arredi (XVI-XVIII secolo)

Il saggio, attraverso l’esame di documenti inediti presentati in Appendice, analizza le vicende costruttive della parrocchiale di Villacidro, oggi dedicata a Santa Barbara ma ai primi del ‘500 intitolata a San Sisinnio di Leni. Viene presa in esame la dotazione di retabli, statue e arredi liturgici attraverso la lettura degli inventari cinquecenteschi fino all’ammodernamento degli arredi lignei e marmorei operato nel tardo Settecento.This essay, supported by some unpublished documents presented in Appendice, analyse the construction of the Parish Church in Villacidro; the church is now dedicated to Saint Barbara but at the beginning of XVIth century was dedicated to Saint Sisinnio of Leni. Through ancient inventories are taken in examination also retables, statues and liturgical works till the end of XVIIIth century

Distributed SPS Algorithms for Non-Asymptotic Confidence Region Evaluation

In this paper, the distributed computation of confidence regions for parameter estimation is considered. Some information diffusion strategies are proposed and compared in terms of the required number of data exchanges to get the corresponding region. The effects of algorithms truncation is also addressed. As support for the theoretical part, numerical results are presented

Biometrics measurements in Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) in the Picentini area. Discussion and conclusions

Techniques for assigning individual to age-classes and/or distinguish between sexes are necessary to understand population dynamics and behavioral interactions of Red foxes (Vulpes vulpes). Many studies have focused on separating juveniles from adults; age of captured live pups can be estimated from morphological changes, hind foot (HF) length, zygomatic (Z) width and body weight1. Methods that avoid capturing the animals would be particularly useful, but none is available. In this paper biometric differences between young adults and adults subjects and between sexes are investigated. Lower canine length (LCL), lower canine width (LCW), condilo-basal (CB) and scapular length resulted smaller than female adults, whereas male young adults had withers height, occipito-coccygeal (OC), ear length, and upper canine width (UCW) smaller than male adults. Almost all the parameters included in this study confirmed sexual dimorphism and some of the differences already present in young adults gained significance (from P<0.05 to P<0.01) in the adult foxes. In particular bodyweight, OC length, withers height, ear length, upper canine length and LCL, scapular and mandibular length, and inter-carnassial (IC) and Z width were significantly greater in male than in female adult foxes (P<0.01). Nasal-occipitalis (NO) length, total length, UCW and LCW, and upper dentition (UD) were significantly greater in male than in female adult foxes, as well (P<0.05). The low number of subjects included in each category, strictly due to hunting season, did not allow estimating an accurate range for the biometrics measurements performed and probably biased recordings, producing some contradictory results. Fox size varies geographically, thus mean adults measurements should be determined for each area in which they have to be applied1. HF method has been demonstrated to be an accurate method for assessing age of pups1; our data suggest that it might be as efficient in young adults, at least in female subjects. On the other hand, our results confirm the sexual dimorphism in the canine region to be higher than in the carnassial region (data not shown in our results)

Words which are `very much her own'. A corpus stylistic analysis of The bloody chamber by A. Carter

This paper endeavours to carry out a corpus stylistic analysis of the discursive construction of female identity in some fairy tales collected in The bloody chamber and other stories by Angela Carter (1979) with a twofold purpose. More generally, it aims at providing a further example of the application of corpus linguistics methods to the analysis of a literary text. It also purports to emphasise that corpus stylistics can assist the examination of the poetics as well as the politics of a literary text. In particular, corpus linguistics methods will be shown to enable an analysis of the way in which the linguistic configuration of the text can be seen to map power relationships. This investigation addresses two main research questions stemming from corpus-based comparative enquiries, which analyse some keywords as triggers of ideological meanings: • if the fairy tale ‘The bloody chamber’ is computationally compared to what is deemed to be its main source, Pearrult’s ‘Blue beard’, is it possible to show that Carter succeeds in challenging and amending the gender politics underlying Perrault’s text through the use of language? • can the intuitive insight that Carter manages to criticise women’s compliance with patriarchy in their subordination, and to offer empowering alternatives through intertextual and intratextual references be proved with corpus linguistics methods? The first question will be tackled through the computational comparison between the tales ‘The bloody chamber and an English translation of ‘La barbe bleue’ by Charles Perrault; the second through the comparative analysis of the two versions of ‘Beauty and the Beast’ re-written by Carter and included in the same collection – ‘The courtship of Mr Lyon’ and ‘The tiger’s bride’. As regards methodology, three main techniques will be deployed: the study and comparison of the wordlists of the tales through some purposely-generated concordance lines, the analysis of collocations, and – to a lesser extent – that of keywords. The software used for the analyses is WordSmith Tools, which generates statistical data on a text or corpus through three main functions: wordlist, concord, and keywords. Even though it will not be possible to draw general conclusions about Carter’s style or about the ways in which the fairy tale as a genre changes thanks to her revolutionary manipulations (which will hopefully be the focus of future research), sample-examples will be offered of the ways in which a computer-assisted analysis could support, validate, and even enrich an intuitive one performed through the methodological and critical tools offered by cultural and literary studies. In both cases, indeed, intuitive insight will be proved through computer-generated textual evidence and new knowledge will hopefully be gained as well

Bodies that bleed : metamorphosis in Angela carter's fairy tales

This work aims to develop new readings of the poetics and the politics of Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (1979) in the light of the bodily metamorphoses represented in the fairy tales. Metamorphic processes can be said to inform the stories of the collection both in a thematic and a stylistic perspective and address the need to rethink human experience altogether, especially as regards heterosexual relationships and power distribution between the sexes. By exhibiting the body and its changes in texts where it is traditionally concealed or treated as a natural essence, Carter foregrounds the powerful potential of metamorphosis – as a concept, a topic, a structuring and guiding principle, and as a proposed model – in order to expose and challenge patriarchal myths and discourses, which slow down or even prevent the progressive empowerment of women’s conditions and positions within society (in the Seventies as well as today). Carter’s creativity and commitment are engaged in a productive dialogue with some contemporary feminist philosophers, to show how and why her fairy tales and their transformative potential can be – once again – signified anew

Bodies that Bleed. Metamorphosis in Angela Carter’s Fairy Tales

This work aims to develop new readings of the poetics and the politics of Angela Carter’s The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (1979) in the light of the bodily metamorphoses represented in the fairy tales.Metamorphic processes can be said to inform the stories of the collection both in a thematic and a stylistic perspective and address the need to rethink human experience altogether, especially as regards heterosexual relationships and power distribution between the sexes. By exhibiting the body and its changes in texts where it is traditionally concealed or treated as a natural essence, Carter foregrounds the powerful potential of metamorphosis – as a concept, a topic, a structuring and guiding principle, and as a proposed model – in order to expose and challenge patriarchal myths and discourses, which slow down or even prevent the progressive empowerment of women’s conditions and positions within society (in the Seventies as well as today). Carter’s creativity and commitment are engaged in a productive dialogue with some contemporary feminist philosophers, to show how and why her fairy tales and their transformative potential can be – once again – signified anew

Ultrasonographic assessment of normal jugular veins in Standardbred horses

Ultrasonography (US) is the recommended imaging technique to evaluate jugular veins. This prospective randomized clinical study was designed to collect a series of B-mode US measurements of manually distended jugular veins in healthy Italian Standardbreds and to find possible correlations between ultrasound measurements and animal morphometric characteristics. Forty-two horses, eight males and 34 females (range 3-22 years; bodyweight 494.4 ± 41.7 kg), were included in the study. The diameters and wall thicknesses of both jugular veins were measured at three different sites of the neck. The differences in ultrasound measurements based on scans, age, gender, side, and site of the neck were evaluated by ANOVA or by the Kruskal-Wallis test. The effects of the morphometric measures on each ultrasound parameter were evaluated by MANOVA (P < 0.05)