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This article discusses the Lacanian theory of the cinematic depiction of sexual relations. The author draws on the Lacanian logic of sexuation and its interpretation by Joan Copjec and Slavoj Žižek to analyze what he calls “male cinema,” taking as an example Alfonso Cuarón's film Y tu mamá también (2011). The author finds that the conclusions of Laura Mulvey, who was the first to use psychoanalysis as a political weapon to contest the phallocentric depiction of women in Hollywood cinema, were correct, not with respect to the production of a “male gaze” but rather with respect to the cinematic construction of male pleasure, which is the basis of society. He thus argues that it is not by creating an “alternative” cinema that the dominant ideology can be called into question, but rather by using theory as a political weapon. It is the practice of theory which politicizes cinema and the spectator.
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AbstractThis article delves into two important codes used specifically in dealing with youth, particularly in the segment “Dans nos écoles”, in La Liberté, the Franco-Manitoban newspaper. The author demonstrates to what extent the code used for titles and the one linked to notions of “fun”, “happiness”, “cool” and “pleasure”, are all connected to a type of interdiscursivity through which advertorials take on informative functions, while at the same time creating strong links of semantic solidarity with the discourse of publicity in a consumer society. Indeed, the representation of youth becomes the object of this generalised intertextuality, and does so, by using different methods this study hopes to highlight.
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From the arrival of the first French fur traders and missionaries, the Illinois Country was defined by a series of cultural and political accommodations. When Virginian soldiers arrived at Kaskaskia in 1778, it marked a third imperial regime in the region in fifteen years. Much like they had done under the previous French and British regimes, French Creoles sought to assert political and cultural autonomy under American rule. This article considers the challenges that French Creoles faced in resisting emerging American hegemony in Illinois Country, and the strategies that they employed to adapt to new geopolitical circumstances during and after the American Revolution. A comparison of Creole claims and acts of resistance at Kaskaskia and Cahokia, and their surroundings, shows that they successfully asserted their rights and also set the foundation for a new Franco-American identity.
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Public libraries have the mission to allow access to a maximum amount of people, without discrimination. This has the effect of diversifying the patron base and, consequently, allows access to “difficult users”. Despite this, many managers would like to develop a “third area” in the library, a “[second] home” outside the home and workplace.However, the difference between the theoretic vision and the employees' perception is not well known. It is this very gap that lies at the heart of our issue. Semi-lead interviews (surveys) with Montreal public library employees have allowed to understand the issues which face these employees, who must intervene when problems arise with difficult patrons. This article presents the main categories of difficult patron bases encountered by the respondents, their management, the necessary interventions and the different problems encountered.
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Keywords: Jean Charest, relations internationales, Québec, France, coopération, Nicolas Sarkozy, Francophonie, Accord économique et commercial global (AECG)
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The road to recognition of the role of the National Archives of Quebec at the heart of the public administration was long and strewn with pitfalls. The question of government archives has been a sensitive one ever since the founding of the National Archives in 1920; it has been a constant preoccupation of the conservators who have been at the helm of the National Archives. The authors demonstrate that the pragmatism and persistence of our predecessors, and even their opportunism (in the noble sense of the term), as well as their clear sight on society, have allowed the National Archives to adapt to the events that have marked our history and to the evolution of the mindsets that have influenced not only the National Archives and the archival profession, but also the entirety of Quebec society. They highlight the divergent opinions that have been prevalent in the past on the place that archives should take in the heart of public administration and on the questions related to the governance of administrative documents produced by the State. It was necessary to wait for the promulgation in 1983 of the Law on Archives, to ensure the survival of the National Archives and to demonstrate their pertinence for the apparatus of government and the people of Quebec. It was only with this legal recognition that the National Archives benefitted from the legitimacy that identified it clearly as a State archival service and paved the way for the implementation of a true archival documentary management policy.
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