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Invisible Authorities and Visible Authorizations in “Rompecabezas” by Natalia Smirnoff

Culture & History Digital Journal, 2013
In the Argentinian cinema of the end of the 90’s and beginning of the 21st century, the representations of femininity and masculinity have become richer thanks to alternative visions, most frequently proposed by female directors.
Laurence H. Mullaly
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Material Metaphors for Literary Form: Robert Burton's ‘Perused’ Copy of Theatrum Urbium Italicarum (1599)

Renaissance Studies, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 185-205, April 2024.
Abstract This article gives a detailed description and analysis of Robert Burton's copy of Theatrum urbium italicarum, a Venetian ‘city‐atlas’ produced in 1599 by the engraver and publisher Pietro Bertelli. Burton's copy of the book is especially noteworthy because it has had a number of the maps removed.
Flynn Allott
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Nacimiento y desarrollo del turismo en Biarritz durante el Segundo Imperio

Historia contemporánea, 2012
Elegido como veraneo por el Emperador y la Emperatriz de los Franceses, Biarritz se ha convertido en una estación balnearia internacional. El acondicionamiento del pueblo, mediante baños, hoteles, paseo marítimo, vialidad, etc., y la accesibilidad por ...
Pierre Laborde
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Matteo Ricci's Depictions of Alexander the Great in Late Ming China☆

Renaissance Studies, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 227-244, April 2024.
Abstract This article primarily focuses on the origin, the earliest dissemination and the accommodation of European Alexander texts in imperial China by Italian Jesuit Matteo Ricci (1552–1610). After providing an overview of the Chinese Alexander traditions, it first examines the sources of inspiration for Ricci's choice of Alexander as the prominent ...
Yaliang Fu
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A collection of no authority: canon law and the Collectio 91 capitulorum

Early Medieval Europe, Volume 32, Issue 1, Page 82-105, February 2024.
Normative texts need to be authoritative to be effective in communicating norms and rules. Recent scholarship has shown a renewed interest in the authoritative status of the texts within early medieval works of canon law and the ways in which authority is reflected in the practice of attribution, promulgation, or organization.
Sven Meeder
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What Does It Mean to be Human, and Not Animal? Examining Montaigne’s Literary Persuasiveness in “Man is No Better Than the Animals” [PDF]

, 2018
Michel de Montaigne famously argued in “Man is No Better Than the Animals” that humans and non-human animals cannot be dichotomized based on language or reasoning abilities, among other characteristics.
Collins, Rory
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Le Sahara marocain : désenclavement et développement durable [PDF]

Cinq Continents, 2012
The Moroccan Sahara: opening-up and sustainable development. The enclosing of the Moroccan Sahara results from the inversion and old situation. Indeed, during a very long time, the area was a way of passage, a platform in the south of Morocco.
EL MAHJOUB CHMOURK
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La importancia del termalismo en el nacimiento y desarrollo del turismo en Europa en el siglo XIX

Historia contemporánea, 2012
La práctica termal ha precedido al turismo, aunque fue desde sus orígenes una actividad que engendró una actitud turística. Conviene, pues, poner de relieve la relación de estas dos actividades que, sobre todo en el siglo XIX, conocieron su desarrollo en
Dominique Jarrassé
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The psychopathology of metaphysics: Depersonalization and the problem of reality

Metaphilosophy, Volume 55, Issue 1, Page 3-30, January 2024.
Abstract According to a common philosophical intuition, the deep nature of things is hidden from us, and the world as we know it through perception and science is, just like a dream, shadows, or a computer simulation, somehow shallow and lacking in reality.
Alexandre Billon
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Maçonneries murales de brique dans l’Espagne médiévale

Arqueología de la Arquitectura, 2005
Les modalités d’appareillage des murs de brique dans l’Espagne médiévale sont peu variées. Rares sont les murs construits entièrement en brique ; celle-ci est utilisée en appareil de revêtement en combinant disposition «en carreau» et « en boutisse, en ...
Philippe Araguas
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