8 research outputs found
Corridor Gothic
This article investigates the role of the corridor in Gothic fiction and horror film from the late eighteenth century to the present day. It seeks to establish this transitional space as a crucial locus, by tracing the rise of the corridor as a distinct mode of architectural distribution in domestic and public buildings since the eighteenth century. The article tracks pivotal appearances of the corridor in fiction and film, and in the final phase argues that it has become associated with a specific emotional tenor, less to do with amplified fear and horror and more with emotions of Angst or dread
A globin in the nucleus!
Cytoglobin and neuroglobin are recently discovered members of the globin family. In situ hybridization localized neuroglobin mainly in brain and retina, while cytoglobin was expressed ubiquitously in all analyzed tissues. In the present study, polyclonal antibodies were raised against both proteins and the distribution of them was studied by immunocytochemistry at tissue and subcellular level. Cytoglobin immunoreactivity was uniformly distributed and found in all tissues studied. At the subcellular level, cytoglobin immunoreactivity was exclusively detected in the cell nucleus. In contrast, neuroglobin immunoreactivity was detected in specific brain regions with varying intensities and in the islet of Langerhans in the pancreas. The immunoreactivity was restricted to the cytoplasm of neurons and endocrine beta cells. The nuclear localization of cytoglobin opens new perspectives for possible function(s) of globin-folded proteins as transcriptional regulators
Le symbolique et le social
La catĂ©gorie du symbolique joue un rĂŽle central dans la pensĂ©e de Pierre Bourdieu. Elle a pourtant a Ă©tĂ© assez peu thĂ©orisĂ©e en tant que telle, alors que dâautres notions clĂ©s, comme celles dâhabitus ou de champ, ont fait lâobjet de reprises mĂ©thodiques et de commentaires minutieux. Câest Ă combler cette lacune que lâon sâemploie dans le prĂ©sent ouvrage, en faisant valoir que le symbolique concentre la dĂ©marche du sociologue dans ce quâelle a de plus singulier. Sociologues, philosophes, thĂ©oriciens du langage, spĂ©cialistes de la littĂ©rature ou des mĂ©dias, les auteurs rĂ©unis ici procĂšdent Ă cette rĂ©Ă©valuation sous trois aspects, qui correspondent Ă autant de champs de rĂ©flexion : anthropologie, culture et politique. Au-delĂ , câest du rayonnement international de lâĆuvre de Pierre Bourdieu quâil sâagit de tĂ©moigner, et aussi de la diversitĂ© des objets quâune mĂȘme discipline de pensĂ©e continue de prendre en compte : de la gastronomie Ă la photographie, des littĂ©ratures pĂ©riphĂ©riques Ă lâart dâavant-garde, des politiques de contrĂŽle social aux pratiques journalistiques. Le prĂ©sent volume constitue une nouvelle Ă©dition des Actes du colloque qui sâest tenu au Centre Culturel International de Cerisy du 12 au 19 juillet 2001 avec la participation du sociologue, dont lâintervention est recueillie au sommaire. Lâintroduction gĂ©nĂ©rale en a Ă©tĂ© mise Ă jour afin de faire place aux dĂ©veloppements apportĂ©s par celui-ci au concept de symbolique dans ses cours au CollĂšge de France sur la genĂšse de lâĂtat, publiĂ©s entre-temps. LâĂ©pilogue de lâouvrage est assurĂ© par lâĂ©crivain Annie Ernaux