Leyes racistas del siglo XVI: Edictos del Rey Carlos II para etnias marginadas en las Américas (Tema Central)

A continuación apuesto por la metodología de lectura histórica marxista propuesta por Frederic Jameson basada en una “reescritura fuerte” (Jameson 1989, 48). Del texto sobre las clases oprimidas (Mömer 1992, 28), y sus tres marcos concéntricos (Jameson 1989, 61-72): a) Historia política, b) Sociedad y tensión constitutiva entre la lucha de clases, c) Historia constitutiva de los modos de producción y el devenir de las formaciones sociales humanas. La Recopilación de las leyes de los reinos de las Indias (De Paredes 1973, 1), emitidas por el Rey Carlos II de España y su Corte, fueron compiladas por primera vez en 1681. Su importancia para la presente investigación radica en las disposiciones emitidas para las clases dominadas por la Corona Española mediante el discurso de “condición racial inferior” y exclusión social establecidas por el poder monárquico, durante la época de la esclavitud en los reinos americanos del siglo XVI, cuando se estipulan castigos para “vagabundos, gitanos, mulatos, negros, berberiscos (norteafricanos) e indios” (De Paredes 1973, 285- 295), quienes sobrevivían en la América de esas fechas. Estos documentos retratan las ideologías dominadoras, el castigo sobre el cuerpo, los intereses del orden imperial frente al auge económico y las formas de explotación y crueldad a las cuales fueron sometidos estos grupos étnicos.

Nostalgia, music and the television past revisited in American dreams

The 1960s-set NBC family drama American Dreams presents not just the recent American past but its musical television as well. This paper examines how the show’s recreation of and interaction with the music show American Bandstand ties together the divergent experiences of a turbulent decade. American Dreams’ reshooting and appropriation of original broadcast footage is intricately interwoven with dramatic action allowing for new layers of commentary and meaning to be read across the music and image relationship. Through intercutting and juxtaposition, its use of music performance goes beyond the regressive recycling of images of nostalgia, as critiqued by Jameson and other theorists of postmodernity, to engage political and social debates through a complex web of reference, reproduction and commentary, presenting a politicised reading of the 1960s that problematises these charges of nostalgia texts as apolitical and ‘historicist’.

Causal relationship between obesity and vitamin D status: bi-directional mendelian randomization analysis of multiple cohorts

BACKGROUND: Obesity is associated with vitamin D deficiency, and both are areas of active public health concern. We explored the causality and direction of the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] using genetic markers as instrumental variables (IVs) in bi-directional Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis. METHODS AND FINDINGS: We used information from 21 adult cohorts (up to 42,024 participants) with 12 BMI-related SNPs (combined in an allelic score) to produce an instrument for BMI and four SNPs associated with 25(OH)D (combined in two allelic scores, separately for genes encoding its synthesis or metabolism) as an instrument for vitamin D. Regression estimates for the IVs (allele scores) were generated within-study and pooled by meta-analysis to generate summary effects. Associations between vitamin D scores and BMI were confirmed in the Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits (GIANT) consortium (n = 123,864). Each 1 kg/m(2) higher BMI was associated with 1.15% lower 25(OH)D (p = 6.52×10⁻²⁷). The BMI allele score was associated both with BMI (p = 6.30×10⁻⁶²) and 25(OH)D (-0.06% [95% CI -0.10 to -0.02], p = 0.004) in the cohorts that underwent meta-analysis. The two vitamin D allele scores were strongly associated with 25(OH)D (p≤8.07×10⁻⁵⁷ for both scores) but not with BMI (synthesis score, p = 0.88; metabolism score, p = 0.08) in the meta-analysis. A 10% higher genetically instrumented BMI was associated with 4.2% lower 25(OH)D concentrations (IV ratio: -4.2 [95% CI -7.1 to -1.3], p = 0.005). No association was seen for genetically instrumented 25(OH)D with BMI, a finding that was confirmed using data from the GIANT consortium (p≥0.57 for both vitamin D scores). CONCLUSIONS: On the basis of a bi-directional genetic approach that limits confounding, our study suggests that a higher BMI leads to lower 25(OH)D, while any effects of lower 25(OH)D increasing BMI are likely to be small. Population level interventions to reduce BMI are expected to decrease the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency.

Association of vitamin D status with arterial blood pressure and hypertension risk: a mendelian randomisation study

BACKGROUND: Low plasma 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) concentration is associated with high arterial blood pressure and hypertension risk, but whether this association is causal is unknown. We used a mendelian randomisation approach to test whether 25(OH)D concentration is causally associated with blood pressure and hypertension risk. METHODS: In this mendelian randomisation study, we generated an allele score (25[OH]D synthesis score) based on variants of genes that affect 25(OH)D synthesis or substrate availability (CYP2R1 and DHCR7), which we used as a proxy for 25(OH)D concentration. We meta-analysed data for up to 108 173 individuals from 35 studies in the D-CarDia collaboration to investigate associations between the allele score and blood pressure measurements. We complemented these analyses with previously published summary statistics from the International Consortium on Blood Pressure (ICBP), the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) consortium, and the Global Blood Pressure Genetics (Global BPGen) consortium. FINDINGS: In phenotypic analyses (up to n=49 363), increased 25(OH)D concentration was associated with decreased systolic blood pressure (β per 10% increase, -0·12 mm Hg, 95% CI -0·20 to -0·04; p=0·003) and reduced odds of hypertension (odds ratio [OR] 0·98, 95% CI 0·97-0·99; p=0·0003), but not with decreased diastolic blood pressure (β per 10% increase, -0·02 mm Hg, -0·08 to 0·03; p=0·37). In meta-analyses in which we combined data from D-CarDia and the ICBP (n=146 581, after exclusion of overlapping studies), each 25(OH)D-increasing allele of the synthesis score was associated with a change of -0·10 mm Hg in systolic blood pressure (-0·21 to -0·0001; p=0·0498) and a change of -0·08 mm Hg in diastolic blood pressure (-0·15 to -0·02; p=0·01). When D-CarDia and consortia data for hypertension were meta-analysed together (n=142 255), the synthesis score was associated with a reduced odds of hypertension (OR per allele, 0·98, 0·96-0·99; p=0·001). In instrumental variable analysis, each 10% increase in genetically instrumented 25(OH)D concentration was associated with a change of -0·29 mm Hg in diastolic blood pressure (-0·52 to -0·07; p=0·01), a change of -0·37 mm Hg in systolic blood pressure (-0·73 to 0·003; p=0·052), and an 8·1% decreased odds of hypertension (OR 0·92, 0·87-0·97; p=0·002). INTERPRETATION: Increased plasma concentrations of 25(OH)D might reduce the risk of hypertension. This finding warrants further investigation in an independent, similarly powered study.

En jämförelse av olika kommunikationstekniker och systemarkitekturiska lösningar vid uppbyggnad av nätverk i naturen.

Att konstruera ett tidtagningssystem för enduro i skogen leder till flera frågor som måste undersökas och besvaras. Vilken kommunikationsteknik ska användas och vilken systemarkitekturisk lösning passar bäst? Att dra kabel ute i skogen är ett bra sätt att lösa det kommunikationstekniska problemet, lösningen är säker och relativt billig. Visst påverkas priset av distansen mellan olika klienter ute i skogen, men alla positiva egenskaper hos tekniken gör denna kostnad värd sitt pris. De geografiska variationer som kan finnas är de som kan spela ut de övriga teknikerna i form av stabilitet. En snabb resultatförmedling kräver ett system som har en väl uppbyggd systemarkitektur. Vid tidtagning kommer data i form av tider skickas från klienterna direkt till huvudservern, ingen mellanlagring sker utan data lagras centralt vilket förespråkas i IRM. Dessutom kommer ingen redundans att accepteras, vilket även det förespråkas av IRM. Det finns även flera andra parametrar som väger för att välja IRM, vilket är det som rekommenderas utifrån den analys som gjorts i denna uppsats.

Era um sonho desde criança : a representação social da docência para os professores do município de Queimadas-PB

The objective of this work was to access and understand the teaching social representation (MOSCOVICI, 2005) for the teachers of the children education and fundamental education at Queimadas city, Paraíba. We assume that one representation that allows the teacher to name its profession and to act on it, is a derivative of regularities that are expressed by means of a habitus (BOURDIEU, 1983a), generative matrix of perception and action. This teaching habitus is originated from the experiences and the trajectories of social and professional life of the group. Therefore, from some variables, we tried to access the profile of the group of teachers studied and to get closer of their life style to understand their profession choice and the teaching social representation for this group. In this research, it was used four data sources: a) the questionnaires of characterization; b) the questionnaires of practices and meanings; c) the experience reports and; d) the interviews in depth. The analysis of the data collected was done by means of the simple statistics (frequency), the intersection of variables through cross tables and, the thematic analysis of the contents. The results show that there is a lightly homogeneous group in terms of its social origin and its life style, moreover, they conduct to an overlap between this origin/style and the professional choice. On the other hand, the teacher representation is multi-dimensional such that, all dimensions intercept and articulate with each other to provide a concise teacher representation. They are four dimensions: love and care, help and donation, teaching and learning and, sacrifice and hope. The elements of the teacher representation are substantiated in the schemes of perception and appreciation of the group, in the regularities and life experiences in the context of religion, family, gender and profession. In these regularities we find the elements that comprise the teaching habitus which drives perception and action, representation and daily practice of these teachers. The teaching social representation is still perceived as a threshold for the professional identity of the group of teachers considered. We also observed that there are signs of changes in the practices used by these professionals since they graduate from the course of pedagogy. However, it is not possible to say that these changes are isolated or they lead to a transformation in the teaching habitus or the teaching social representation

A estética do grotesco em Harmada e A céu aberto, de João Gilberto Noll

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A reavaliação da Guerra do Vietnã apresentada no romance The short timer (197(), de Gustav Hasford, e em sua adaptação fílmica Fullmetal JAcket (1987), de Stanley Kubrick

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A indústria cultural e a estética da crueldade em Rubem Fonseca: uma análise dos contos o Cobrador, Pierrô da Caverna e Onze de maio

Na literatura, a chamada fase do pós-modernismo mostra os processos de desumanização e de coisificação dos indivíduos. Estes se tornaram o foco de debates graças ao desenvolvimento intensivo da sociedade de massa, diretamente vinculada às influências dos meios de comunicação e ao desenvolvimento da indústria cultural. Rubem Fonseca é um dos grandes nomes da literatura desta época e compôs muitos textos que manifestam as angústias do homem imerso no contexto do consumismo exacerbado, mola propulsora do capitalismo tardio. O cobrador, coletânea de contos publicada em 1979, possui narrativas que permitem o diálogo entre as teorias sociológicas que exaltam os conceitos dos meios de comunicação de massa, sociedade do consumo e indústria cultural, objetivo primordial desta pesquisa. A pretensão do presente estudo é compreender as expressões desse período nos contos "O Cobrador", "Pirrô da Caverna" e "Onze de Maio" desta obra, focalizando as interferências que a sociedade de massa e a indústria cultural operaram para que as criações literárias passassem a apresentar novas características. O método empregado consiste na análise dos contos, dando especial foco aos conceitos de indústria cultural, sociedade de massa e sociedade de consumo. Para análise dos contos, foi de fundamental importância o aparato teórico de Antônio Cândido, Lucien Goldmann, e Luiz Costa Lima, como teóricos que defendem a relação entre áreas como sociologia e literatura, além dos postulados de estudiosos como Theodor Adorno, David Lyon, Steven Connor, Jean-François Lyotard, Frederic Jameson, Jean Baudrillard, Marshall Berman, entre outro sociólogos que provem debates sobre as mudanças culturais que o contexto pós-moderno suscita.Concomitantemente, a pesquisa está direcionada para o campo das teorias da Comunicação de caráterneo-marxista e suas relações com a literatura, evidenciando o tema da ascensão da sociedade de massa e a interferência dos meios de comunicação de massa para configuração das artes e de outras manifestações humanas. É possível estabelecer um diálogo entre os contos e as teorias que explicam os processos de massificação da sociedade, reconhecendo a preponderância das leis do consumo nos procedimentos dos indivíduos submetidos a essa condição, seja na violência de alguns, seja superficialidade de outros, fundamentados na chamada estética da crueldade para as obras fictícias.

Escritas indeterminadas e sujeitos fragmentários em contos pós-modernos de João Noll e Sam Shepard

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A reescrita irônica de Angela Carter: O quarto do Barba-Azul

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O evento 11 de setembro: (re)criação da história no romance Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2005), de Jonathan Safran Foer

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White Noise e Cosmopolis: análise do processo de desumanização em ficções pós-modernas

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A representação do salazarismo em Afirma Pereira, de Antonio Tabucchi

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