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Homeric Studies, Feminism, and Queer Theory: Interpreting Helen and Penelope
Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz and Amy Richlinâs Feminist Theory and the Classics (1993) and Barbara F. McManusâ Classics and Feminism: Gendering the Classics (1997) provided ground-breaking surveys of the feminist revolution in classical studies, and their work leads us to the question of the feminist impact on the study of Homer. In this essay, I review the contributions of feminist scholarship on Homer and explore queer theory as a new heuristic avenue for advancing the feminist interpretation of the Homeric epics. With this approach, I follow upon and revise McManusâ use of the concept of âdual-genderingâ (a term that I employ instead of her original âtransgendered,â as I explain below) for her feminist analysis of Virgilâs Latin epic, the Aeneid. Her interpretive lens encourages us to look for complexity in epic gender representation and to investigate the ideological functions of this representation; my deployment of queer theory reframes her line of inquiry in terms of the gender normative and deviant and includes in its purview the additional categories of sexuality and power relations. [excerpt
Review of Homer\u27s Iliad: The Basel Commentary, Book XIX
Marina Corayâs commentary on Iliad 19, originally published in German in 2009, is part of the ongoing Basel commentary series on Homerâs Iliad, edited by Anton Bierl and Joachim Latacz. So far thirteen volumes of the series have been published in German, and five in English translation. Corayâs commentary is a work of great erudition and will be an indispensable resource for scholars of Homer. Here I focus on the utility of this slightly revised new English edition for anglophone readers at various levels, and consider how this commentary relates to and supplements Mark W. Edwardsâ outstanding commentary on Iliad 17-20, which is Volume V (1991) of the Cambridge series edited by G. S. Kirk, and represents the current English-language scholarly standard. (excerpt
The Singer of Tibet: Shabkar (1781-1851), the âInescapable Nation,â and Buddhist Universalism
This paper examines the concept of âTibet (Tib. bod)â in the spiritual autobiography of the celebrated Tibetan Buddhist author, Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdröl (1781â1851). I use both literal and literary modes of analysis in conjunction with Steven Grosbyâs and Lama Jabbâs definitions of ânationâ to demonstrate how Shabkar initially builds a vivid personaâ the âSinger of Tibetââthat is rooted in the Tibetan landscape, but then shifts to a different personaâ âShabkarââthat transcends Tibet altogether and embraces a sense of Buddhist universalism. Throughout the process, Shabkar evokes deities and historical figures that are fundamental to Tibetan historical, cultural, and religious memory and alludes to customs and tropes central to Tibetan culture, such as orality, song, and the bardic tradition. In addition to demonstrating the efficacy and potency of literary tropes in creating the sense of an imagined nation, this essay makes a contribution to the âWhere is Tibet?â debate by exploring how Tibetan identity is articulated in one of the great masterpieces of classical Tibetan Buddhist literature
Approximating -foliations
We extend the Eliashberg-Thurston theorem on approximations of taut oriented
-foliations of 3-manifolds by both positive and negative contact
structures to a large class of taut oriented -foliations, where by
foliation, we mean a foliation with continuous tangent plane field.
These -foliations can therefore be approximated by weakly
symplectically fillable, universally tight, contact structures. This allows
applications of -foliation theory to contact topology and Floer theory to
be generalized and extended to constructions of -foliations.Comment: 52 pages, 5 figures. Final version with updated references,
corrections and terminolog
Advances in breast cancer treatment and prevention: preclinical studies on aromatase inhibitors and new selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs).
Intensive basic and clinical research over the past 20 years has yielded crucial molecular understanding into how estrogen and the estrogen receptor act to regulate breast cancer and has led to the development of more effective, less toxic, and safer hormonal therapy agents for breast cancer management and prevention. Selective potent aromatase inhibitors are now challenging the hitherto gold standard of hormonal therapy, the selective estrogen-receptor modulator tamoxifen. Furthermore, new selective estrogen-receptor modulators such as arzoxifene, currently under clinical development, offer the possibility of selecting one with a more ideal pharmacological profile for treatment and prevention of breast cancer. Two recent studies in preclinical model systems that evaluate mechanisms of action of these new drugs and suggestions about their optimal clinical use are discussed
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