All order I.R. finite expansion for short distance behavior of massless theories perturbed by a relevant operator

We consider here renormalizable theories without relevant couplings and present an I.R. consistent technique to study corrections to short distance behavior (Wilson O.P.E. coefficients) due to a relevant perturbation. Our method is the result of a complete reformulation of recent works on the field, and is characterized by a more orthodox treatment of U.V. divergences that allows for simpler formulae and consequently an explicit all order (regularization invariant) I.R. finitess proof. Underlying hypotheses are discussed in detail and found to be satisfied in conformal theories that constitute a natural field of application of this approach.Comment: 27 page

Comics, graphic narratives, and lesbian lives

Lesbian comics and graphic narratives have gained unprecedented cultural presence in the twenty-first century. Yet despite the surge in interest in the work of artists such as Alison Bechdel, and despite the existence of a substantial online archive about lesbian comics created by artists, readers, and collectors, relatively little critical attention has been directed to this work. The chapter begins to fill this gap. Taking the Bechdel’s work as its start-and-end point, it provides an overview of major developments in lesbian comics and contextualises them including in relation to the gendered conditions of possibility that define comics culture

The Emerging World Order

It is common ground amongst almost all commentators that the world has changed radically over the past 25 years – the 25 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall heralded the ending of the Cold War, the reunification of a tragically divided Europe, and the acceleration of the process of globalisation which has its only comparable period in the decades leading up to the First World War in 1914. When analyzing the Emerging World Order it is important to cover more than Brazil economy or any other individual BRICs or other Emerging Powers. Instead, our analysis will provide a global view about the economic and political global power structures which are evolving and forming before our eyes, and then to talk about the challenges these emerging realities pose for us in Europe, and in the West in general

« Mirror-images: images of mirrors... in Poems by Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, Denise Levertov and H.D. »

Looking into her mirror, the heroine of Lehmann's Invitation to the Waltz experiences the division between Las-subject and she-as-object. By contrast, the heroine of H.D.'s Her, reflected in the gaze of her female lover, experiences herself as both subject and objet and this reciprocity is articulated in word-play on the object pronoun of the feminine gender. A number of modern poems by American women embody the sense of being 'other in oneself in images of mirroring. The poetic text is itself the site of images, reflections and transformations, where silence becomes speech, identity can be transposed or affirmed, the invisible made visible. These poems evoke the idea of the mirror as a threshold between the seen and the unseen, a meeting-place between the speaking subject and its shadow selves. Their mirror-images may take the form of looking-glass, pool, portrait or head-bearing shield.Se mirant dans son miroir, l'héroïne du roman de Lehmann L'invitation à la valse fait l'expérience de la division du moi en tant que sujet et du elle en tant qu'objet. A l'inverse, l'héroïne du poème Her de H.D., réfléchie dans le regard de son amante, se voit à la fois sujet et objet et cette réciprocité s'articule en jouant sur le pronom objet féminin. Nombre de poétesses modernes font leur la formule de Luce Irigaray '« Elle » est indéfiniment autre en elle-même', offrant un texte poétique miroir d'images, de reflets, de transformations, où le silence se fait language, l'identité se forme et se déforme, l'invisible devient visible.Collecott Diana. « Mirror-images: images of mirrors... in Poems by Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, Denise Levertov and H.D. ». In: Revue Française d'Etudes Américaines, N°30, novembre 1986. Les femmes écrivains aux Etats-Unis. pp. 449-460