La narrativa gay de Eduardo Mendicutti : la identidad literaria como espacio de reivindicación de la diversidad

El español Eduardo Mendicutti nos presenta una idea en la que la diversidad sexual y humana está presente más allá de las marcas genéricas y las presiones sociales y editoriales. La diversidad se convierte en lo hegemónico y sobre ella se construye el universo ficcional del autor. Mendicutti no realiza la crónica marginal de un mundo oscuro como se ha dicho en muchas críticas a sus novelas, sino que este autor nos presenta a la comunidad gay en todo su esplendor, con sus puntos oscuros y luminosos, con su heterogeneidad más enriquecedora, en definitiva, con su diversidad. ¿Qué está haciendo Eduardo Mendicutti en su obra narrativa? Es simple. Está creando un continuo de obras literarias, periodísticas, testimoniales, en las que su posición respecto a la sexualidad humana se condensa en una defensa de la heterogeneidad del mundo gay, es decir, en una defensa, pocas veces vista en la literatura, de la diversidad sexual humana en su sentido más amplio y plural.

Tras el abandono del silencio en la infancia

Fil: Nella, Jorge Daniel. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación; Argentina.

La narrativa gay de Eduardo Mendicutti : la identidad literaria como espacio de reivindicación de la diversidad

El español Eduardo Mendicutti nos presenta una idea en la que la diversidad sexual y humana está presente más allá de las marcas genéricas y las presiones sociales y editoriales. La diversidad se convierte en lo hegemónico y sobre ella se construye el universo ficcional del autor. Mendicutti no realiza la crónica marginal de un mundo oscuro como se ha dicho en muchas críticas a sus novelas, sino que este autor nos presenta a la comunidad gay en todo su esplendor, con sus puntos oscuros y luminosos, con su heterogeneidad más enriquecedora, en definitiva, con su diversidad. ¿Qué está haciendo Eduardo Mendicutti en su obra narrativa? Es simple. Está creando un continuo de obras literarias, periodísticas, testimoniales, en las que su posición respecto a la sexualidad humana se condensa en una defensa de la heterogeneidad del mundo gay, es decir, en una defensa, pocas veces vista en la literatura, de la diversidad sexual humana en su sentido más amplio y plural.

Geochemistry and age determination of zircons in Cretaceous to Quaternary sediments

In central Antarctica, drainage today and earlier back to the Paleozoic radiates from the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains (GSM). Proximal to the GSM past the Permian-Triassic fluvial sandstones in the Prince Charles Mountains (PCM) are Cretaceous, Eocene, and Pleistocene sediment in Prydz Bay (ODP741, 1166, and 1167) and pre-Holocene sediment in AM04 beneath the Amery Ice Shelf. We analysed detrital zircons for U-Pb ages, Hf-isotope compositions, and trace elements to determine the age, rock type, source of the host magma, and "crustal" model age (T(C)DM). These samples, together with others downslope from the GSM and the Vostok Subglacial Highlands (VSH), define major clusters of detrital zircons interpreted as coming from (1) 700 to 460 Ma mafic granitoids and alkaline rock, epsilon-Hf 9 to -28, signifying derivation 2.5 to 1.3 Ga from fertile and recycled crust, and (2) 1200-900 Ma mafic granitoids and alkaline rock, epsilon-Hf 11 to -28, signifying derivation 1.8 to 1.3 Ga from fertile and recycled crust. Minor clusters extend to 3350 Ma. Similar detrital zircons in Permian-Triassic, Ordovician, Cambrian, and Neoproterozoic sandstones located along the PaleoPacific margin of East Antarctica and southeast Australia further downslope from central Antarctica reflect the upslope GSM-VSH nucleus of the central Antarctic provenance as a complex of 1200-900 Ma (Grenville) mafic granitoids and alkaline rocks and older rocks embedded in 700-460 Ma (Pan-Gondwanaland) fold belts. The wider central Antarctic provenance (CAP) is tentatively divided into a central sector with negative ?Hf in its 1200-900 Ma rocks bounded on either side by positive epsilon-Hf. The high ground of the GSM-VSH in the Permian and later to the present day is attributed to crustal shortening by far-field stress during the 320 Ma mid-Carboniferous collision of Gondwanaland and Laurussia. Earlier uplifts in the ~500 Ma Cambrian possibly followed the 700-500 Ma assembly of Gondwanaland, and in the Neoproterozoic the 1000-900 Ma collisional events in the Eastern Ghats-Rayner Province at the end of the 1300-1000 Ma assembly of Rodinia.

Characteristics and stomach contents of Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus) caught in Svalbard during June 2008-2009

Harbour seals in Svalbard have short longevity, despite being protected from human hunting and having limited terrestrial predation at their haulout sites, low contaminant burdens and no fishery by-catch issues. This led us to explore the diet of Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus) in this region as a potential seal predator. We examined gastrointestinal tracts (GITs) from 45 Greenland sharks in this study. These sharks ranged from 229 to 381 cm in fork length and 136-700 kg in body mass; all were sexually immature. Seal and whale tissues were found in 36.4 and 18.2%, respectively, of the GITs that had contents (n = 33). Based on genetic analyses, the dominant seal prey species was the ringed seal (Pusa hispida); bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) and hooded seal (Cystophora cristata) tissues were each found in a single shark. The sharks had eaten ringed seal pups and adults based on the presence of lanugo-covered prey (pups) and age determinations based on growth rings on claws (<1 year and adults). All of the whale tissue was from minke whale (Balenoptera acutorostrata) offal, from animals that had been harvested in the whale fishery near Svalbard. Fish dominated the sharks' diet, with Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua), Atlantic wolffish (Anarhichas lupus) and haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) being the most important fish species. Circumstantial evidence suggests that these sharks actively prey on seals and fishes, in addition to eating carrion such as the whale tissue. Our study suggests that Greenland sharks may play a significant predatory role in Arctic food webs.