Castrati, Balzac, and BartheS/Z

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Roland Barthes, in his book 'S/Z,' misinterpreted the character of the castrato, Zambinella, in Honore de Balzac's novella 'Sarrasine.' Barthes made the same mistake as Balzac's narrator, his character Sarrasine and the France of Balzac's time, by assuming that because Zambinella was neither comfortably male nor female from their self-limiting bipolar sexual perspective, he must be a tragic and unhappy figure. Zambinella, however, achieves a kind of parental fulfillment through Marianina's singing voice. Barthes was blind to Balzac's irony because he was unversed in the history of castrati.

Portrayals, Novelists, Criticism and interpretation, Critics, French literature, Balzac, Honore de, Castrati, Barthes, Roland

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Instrumental variables for logistic regression: an illustration

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Instrumental variables estimation may be used to obtain consistent parameter approximations in situations where the estimated effect of a regressor on an outcome is inconsistent when that regressor is determined simultaneously with that outcome. An overview of instrumental variables, their applications in non-linear models and the use of the so-called generalized method of moments to derive instrumental variables estimates for logistric regression are evaluated.

Models, Usage, Econometrics, Estimation theory, Regression analysis, Statistics (Mathematics), Mathematical statistics, Instrumental variables (Statistics), Instrumental variables

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Self-fulfilling prophets: Oprah, Madonna, Jane Fonda ... the entrepreneurial zealots who preach by example

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These wealthy successful women have no products to market, but they sell themselves and redefine themselves periodically. Oprah 's weight changes and her griefs and joys about it are all public. Fonda changes roles publically, and Martha Stewart changes her medium of communication.

Management, Behavior, Personalities, Performances, Stewart, Martha, Entrepreneurship, Winfrey, Oprah, Fonda, Jane

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