Andalucía, el travestismo y la mujer fálica : plumas de España, de Ana Rossetti

Plumas de España de Ana Rossetti denuncia la ausencia tanto de la mujer como de Andalucía en el espacio público durante la dictadura y la transición, así como su fetichización. Frente a personajes femeninos estereotipados, como el de la "señorita cursi" sobre la cual se focaliza la narración, Rosseti contrapone las figuras de sus personajes travestidos y transexuales, como modelos para el surgimiento de nuevas identidades a través de la explotación de lo kitsch y lo folclórico, y proponiendo una feminidad hiperbólica que excluye a las mujeres al fetichizarlas, por medio de un relato que saca a la luz los mecanismos por los cuales las mujeres, sobre todo andaluzas, han sido tradicionalmente controladas, devaluadas e incluso castradas

Cyberspace and the Cyberdildo: Dislocations in Cenicienta en Chueca

Cenicienta en Chueca (Cinderella in Chueca) is a collection of short stories by Argentine exile María Felicitas Jaime, published by Spanish gay/lesbian press Odisea in 2003, that represent the neocolonial relations between the Americas, Spain, and the European Union in a globalized age. The stories foreground communication technologies—including type, e-mail, chats, and dialects—in order to highlight the discursive nature of sexuality and to reveal the social, ethnic, racial, nationalistic, economic, gendered tensions underlying linguistic exchange. This article focuses on the neocolonial relations between Spain and Latin America in three stories from this collection— Chateo (Chat), Ejecutivas (Women Executives), and Cenicienta en Chueca

Memorials, Shrines and Umbrellas in the Rain: Poetry and 11-M

This project examines the representations in recent Spanish poetry of violence, solidarity, and memory, as these intersect with ethnic, linguistic and religious otherness, globalization, communication technology, and nationalisms. The lens through which the analysis is refracted is the poetic response to the Islamist terrorist bombings of working-class commuter trains in Madrid on March 11, 2004 (known in Spain as 11-M). This event, which occurred days before national elections, exposed the contradictory cultural forces that underlie notions of the national identity, economic transformation, the role of the media, and the social contract in Spain today. This became apparent in the massive demonstrations against neoliberalism, Spain’s alliance with the US in the “war on terror,” and Basque terrorism on 12-M. These popular protests were soon followed by police investigations, legal battles, and, finally, cultural memorials. Still, the battle to give meaning to these events continues to rage in politic circles, in cultural artifacts, and in the press

Broadening the Circumference: A Socio-Historical Analysis of Family Enactments of Literacy and Numeracy within the Official Script of Middle Class Early Childhood Discourse

Informed by s socio-historical theory, this paper will report on a study that sought to document the literacy and numeracy outcomes for children living in low socio-economic circumstances in a region south-east of Melbourne, Australia.  The research focused on children in preschool and child care centres in the year prior to beginning school, and was designed to map literacy and numeracy experiences of children in the home and in the early childhood centre. In this paper an analysis of the cultural tools that families were intentionally developing in the context of their homes and communities is featured.  A socio-historical analysis of the data revealed children’s active engagement in the funds of knowledge (Moll and Greenberg 1990, Moll, 1990, and Moll, 2000) available within the community, the situated nature of learning (Lave and Wenger, 1991) within their communities, and the challenge for families transcending the constraints of ‘everyday learning’ to engage with ‘schooled learning’ (Hedegaard, 1998).  The study also revealed the institutional barriers to learning the landscape of schooling  (Greeno, 1991) and the deficit positioning evident for children and their families within the official script of middle class early childhood discourse (Fleer, 2003)

Introduction: Rethinking Spain From Across the Seas

For much of the twentieth century, critical studies of Peninsular Spanish Literature largely followed a generational paradigm that stressed the peculiarities of Spanish history and texts written by Spanish men in the Castilian language, thereby circumscribing the literary within the boundaries of a specific form of national identity..

Evaluation of patient perception towards dynamic health data sharing using blockchain based digital consent with the Dovetail digital consent application : a cross sectional exploratory study

Background New patient-centric integrated care models are enabled by the capability to exchange the patient’s data amongst stakeholders, who each specialise in different aspects of the patient’s care. This requires a robust, trusted and flexible mechanism for patients to offer consent to share their data. Furthermore, new IT technologies make it easier to give patients more control over their data, including the right to revoke consent. These characteristics challenge the traditional paper-based, single-organisation-led consent process. The Dovetail digital consent application uses a mobile application and blockchain based infrastructure to offer this capability, as part of a pilot allowing patients to have their data shared amongst digital tools, empowering patients to manage their condition within an integrated care setting. Objective To evaluate patient perceptions towards existing consent processes, and the Dovetail blockchain based digital consent application as a means to manage data sharing in the context of diabetes care. Method Patients with diabetes at a General Practitioner practice were recruited. Data were collected using focus groups and questionnaires. Thematic analysis of the focus group transcripts and descriptive statistics of the questionnaires was performed. Results There was a lack of understanding of existing consent processes in place, and many patients did not have any recollection of having previously given consent. The digital consent application received favourable feedback, with patients recognising the value of the capability offered by the application. Patients overwhelmingly favoured the digital consent application over existing practice. Conclusions Digital consent was received favourably, with patients recognising that it addresses the main limitations of the current process. Feedback on potential improvements was received. Future work includes confirmation of results in a broader demographic sample and across multiple conditions

A Comparative Study of Intercultural and Global Competency Opportunities on American and Irish University Campuses

The lack of intercultural competencies among students in higher education is one of the most significant issues facing higher education and society in general. As institutions of higher education embark on the journey of embracing the increasingly diverse student populations, some universities have revamped university mission statements to reflect their support for “creating and maintaining” a diverse student population and for graduating interculturally competent students. This study compared reports from the three participating universities (one university in the United States and two in Ireland) on four different variables regarding student diversity, student participation in study abroad programs, types of study abroad programs offered, and types of intercultural programs available to students. Implications and suggestions for further research are discussed. Reprinted by permission of the publisher

Quién ha sido? Perpetradores, política y poesía después del 11-M

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Andalucía, el travestismo y la mujer fálica: Plumas de España, de Ana Rossetti

Plumas de España de Ana Rossetti denuncia la ausencia tanto de la mujer como de Andalucía en el espacio público durante la dictadura y la transición, así como su fetichización. Frente a personajes femeninos estereotipados, como el de la “señorita cursi” sobre la cual se focaliza la narración, Rosseti contrapone las figuras de sus personajes travestidos y transexuales, como modelos para el surgimiento de nuevas identidades a través de la explotación de lo kitsch y lo folclórico, y proponiendo una feminidad hiperbólica que excluye a las mujeres al fetichizarlas, por medio de un relato que saca a la luz los mecanismos por los cuales las mujeres, sobre todo andaluzas, han sido tradicionalmente controladas, devaluadas e incluso castradas