Seductions of the impossible: love, the erotic and sacrifice in surrealist discourse

Article Abstract:

The idea of sacrifice in the work of Georges Bataille is related to surrealist discourse on love and sexuality. Surrealists viewed love as transgressive against social values, through which Bataille by extension finds a connection between eroticism and sacrifice. Bataille's notion is important in showing an affirmative aspect of sacrifice that is not often recognized.

Portrayals, Love, Criticism and interpretation, Surrealism, Sacrifice, Bataille, Georges

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Traces of certainty: recording death and taxes in fifteenth century Tuscany

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This study examines the influence of the methods and theories of collectors on official statistics. Tax declarations in a partial death register fifteenth-century rural Tuscany reflect these possible influences which include tax incentives and methodological techniques.

Statistical Data Included, Methods, Mortality, History, Statistics, Taxation, Statistics (Data), Tuscany, Italy, Registers of births, etc., Registers (Records), Vital statistics

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'A love born of hate': autonomist rap in Italy

Article Abstract:

Italian rap music is discussed, with a focus on the militant rap groups Assalti Frontali and 99 Posse in relation to the social centres movement. Topics include tensions between political commitment and cultural production and the challenges of widening popularity.

Popular culture, Music, Social movements, Squatters, Rap music, Rap (Music), Radicalism

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