Under the sign of consumption

The series of enunciations exposed in this work attempts to establish a conceptualization of consumption in relation to the communication and reception processes of symbolic goods. In addition, it will attempt to account for some possible derivations of the problem in question. The article explores different definitions penned by diverse authors seeking to set out the essential aspects concerning the object of study Thus, consumption becomes a space within which the appropriation of material and symbolic goods, social differentiation and symbolic class distinctions, integration, communication, amongst other things, take place. Despite the fact that none can sufficiently explain all the peculiarities related to consumption practices, all offer enriching insights that help us understand the concept we are dealing with. This is why the purpose of the present formulation is to reflect from another perspective, stressing the particularisms. And, in this way, to begin to lift the veil that conceals the forces of the social matrix

Cortázar : The smiler with the knife under the cloak

Este trabajo se propone tratar tres postulaciones concomitantes en la obra de Cortázar: el pudor sexual, la ausencia del sentimiento amoroso como revancha contra el romanticismo y la asimetría en la relación del acto sexual. En esta lectura, el año de 1976, fecha de publicación del primer tomo de la Historia de la sexualidad, de Foucault, aparece como una divisoria de aguas frente a las consideraciones de los más variados aspectos de la vida sexual que entrarían en la discusión académica en las últimas décadas. Cortázar se ubica en este campo de intereses siguiendo muy de cerca el canon borgeano, en una cercanía que el propio Cortázar habría negado. En definitiva, el presente artículo pone el acento de cuánto le debe Cortázar a Borges, a pesar de sus intentos de separación de él, y cuánto habrá que esperar en la literatura argentina para que el gesto de emancipación que Cortázar había esbozado se hiciera realidad.

(Table 3) Basal melting rates under the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica

The basal melting and freezing rates under the Amery Ice Shelf, East Antarctica, are evaluated, and their spatial distributions mapped. Ice velocity, surface elevation and accumulation rate datasets are employed in the analysis, along with a column-averaged ice density model. Our analysis shows that the total area of basal melting is 34 700 km**2, with a total annual melt of 62.5 ± 9.3 Gt and an average melting rate of 1.8 ± 0.3 m/a. Basal freezing mainly occurs in the northwestern part of the ice shelf, over a total area of 26100 km**2 and with a maximum freezing rate of 2.4 ± 0.4 m/a. The total marine ice that accretes to the ice-shelf base is estimated to be 16.2 ± 2.4 Gt/a. Using a redefined grounding line and geometry of the Amery Ice Shelf, we estimate the net melt over the ice-shelf base is about 46.4 ± 6.9 Gt/a, which is higher than previous modeling and oceanographic estimates. Net basal melting accounts for about half of the total ice-shelf mass loss, with the rest being from iceberg discharge. Our basal melting and freezing distribution map provides a scientific basis for quantitative analysis of ice-ocean interaction at the ice-shelf-ocean interface.