La manipulation des images par les femmes : à propos des Vierges miraculeuses de Marlène Albert Llorca

À propos du livre récent de Marlène Albert Llorca, Les Vierges miraculeuses, l’auteur survole rapidement les conclusions de recherches récentes sur l’image religieuse dans l’Europe traditionnelle. Il examine les manières dont les dévots convertissent des images en objets cultuels en les associant à des laïcs importants et aux sanctuaires qui les accueillent. Il commente les conclusions d’Albert Llorca selon lesquelles ces images, vêtues pour la circonstance, peuvent servir à répliquer le “miracle” originel pour les dévots qui manipulent ces vêtements ; ainsi se rejouent les événements miraculeux censés être à l’origine du charisme de l’image. C’est donc l’imaginaire de la communauté, incarné dans les “cameraras” qui habillent l’image, qui dote celle-ci de pouvoirs miraculeux.Inspired by the recent book of M. Albert-Llorca, the author presents a rapid overview of some of the findings behind recent studies of the traditional European religious image. He examines the process by which devotees convert images into cult objects through their association with powerful lay figures and with the important churches that receive them. He comments upon M. Albert-Llorca’s findings that such church images, suitably attired, can serve to replicate for devotees the original “miracle” of the image by manipulation of the image’s veil. And he elaborates as well on M. A. L.’s finding that at least modern devotees re-stage the “miraculous” events said to lie at the origins of the image’s charisma. Clearly, no image is in fact miraculous, it is the imagination of the community, embodied in the “cameraras” who dress it, that endows it with wonder

Les mages à la fin du Moyen Âge : un duo dynamique

Depuis quelques années, j'essaie de découvrir quelle est la signification des mages de l'Evangile dans la vie du Moyen Âge. Il m'a tout d'abord semblé que les mages – ou les Trois Rois, autre nom donné dans l'Occident médiéval à ceux qui, d'après Matthieu, sont venus reconnaître l'Enfant Roi Jésus – représentent l'unique autorité vraiment universelle dans le Nouveau testament. D'autres constatations ont suivi. Ainsi, Franz Cumont a montré, il y a longtemps, que les premières représentations s..

Preferences for the Sex of Offspring and Demographic Behavior in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Germany: an Examination of Evidence From Village Genealogies

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Intermediate predator naïveté and sex-skewed vulnerability predict the impact of an invasive higher predator

The spread of invasive species continues to reduce biodiversity across all regions and habitat types globally. However, invader impact prediction can be nebulous, and approaches often fail to integrate coupled direct and indirect invader effects. Here, we examine the ecological impacts of an invasive higher predator on lower trophic groups, further developing methodologies to more holistically quantify invader impact. We employ functional response (FR, resource use under different densities) and prey switching experiments to examine the trait- and density-mediated impacts of the invasive mosquitofish Gambusia affinis on an endemic intermediate predator Lovenula raynerae (Copepoda). Lovenula raynerae effectively consumed larval mosquitoes, but was naïve to mosquitofish cues, with attack rates and handling times of the intermediate predator unaffected by mosquitofish cue-treated water. Mosquitofish did not switch between male and female prey, consistently displaying a strong preference for female copepods. We thus demonstrate a lack of risk-reduction activity in the presence of invasive fish by L. raynerae and, in turn, high susceptibility of such intermediate trophic groups to invader impact. Further, we show that mosquitofish demonstrate sex-skewed predator selectivity towards intermediate predators of mosquito larvae, which may affect predator population demographics and, perversely, increase disease vector proliferations. We advocate the utility of FRs and prey switching combined to holistically quantify invasive species impact potential on native organisms at multiple trophic levels

Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN) Conference and Expo

Meeting Abstracts: Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN) Conference and Expo Clearwater Beach, FL, USA. 9-11 June 201