Dô-Thê Dung, Thuy-Lê Thanh
Extraits
Science-fiction
The Day the Great Flood Came
The Day the Great Flood Came The Saga of the Annunaki, Volume 2 This is the story of Atlantis, of its high culture and of the people who lived there and loved and fought and died. It is a story of bravery and personal courage, of betrayal and of friendship, in the face of a looming cataclysm... Ea Anki, Lord of Ki, and Lady Anta In-Anna, his wife, find themselves lost in Hyperspace -- the Abzu -- with their space ship. They are carried along by a torrent in spacetime, where Anki has a vision of the future : he sees a gigantic flood drowning Atlantis, or Atalantash as the Ancients called it ! So, he sends Anta to warn Ashan, King of Atalantash, of the threat to his beloved city of learning and of knowledge. And he knows that he must find a way to alert the other Annunaki, in spite of the opposition from a hidden power on Ki.
06/2019
Autres collections
Dong Dong ! La poule qui fait sonner les cloches
Chaque matin, Dédé le fermier vient véri er si ses poules ont pondu. Poulette est la seule à ne pas arriver à pondre. Dédé et si furieux que Poulette s'en va. Mais elle ne va pas bien loin et découvre qu'avec les oeufs, Dédé fait de la crème au chocolat. Elle décide alors de fabriquer pour lui de délicieux oeufs en chocolat. Lorsque Dédé retrouve Poulette, il est fou de joie. Et depuis, il a le plaisir de déguster les meilleurs oeufs en chocolat du monde.
03/2023
Théâtre
Arrival of Mira, Love story between Bhojan and Mira
Arrival of Mira Foreword Arrival of Mira tells the story of a beautiful young woman who held true to her faith despite many severe hardships. Mira was still only a child when she decided that Ginidhara Gopal (Lord Krishna) was her 'husband' and that she wanted to devote her life to serving and worshipping him. Later, the now orphaned Mira was married to Bhojan, the prince of Mewar and son of Rana, the king of Chittoor. Bhojan fell in love at first sight but found it hard to understand Mira's utter devotion to Ginidhara. Mira suffered at the hands of her in-laws who could not understand the depth of her love for Ginidhara and wanted her to follow their worship of Kali (in the form of Durga). Mira suffered imprisonment in a haunted palace and then exile for her beliefs. Even her friends were persecuted because of her uncompromising love for Lord Krishna. Eventually Bhojan came to understand his wife's piety. The story is told in the form of a musical play where the love story is interwoven with delightful songs and dances. The character of Mira is one to win the hearts of all who read of her. Her gentle devotion and steadfast belief are an inspiration to everyone. Thank you, Dr Shuddhananda Bharati for having made this beautiful story available to us. Daye Craddock Editions ASSA, Christian Piaget
03/2013
Littérature étrangère
A propos d'un thug
Thugs : secte active en Inde du treizième au dix-neuvième siècles, dont les membres pratiquaient le vol et le meurtre par strangulation en l'honneur de la déesse Kali. Amir Ali, l'un d'eux, a quitté l'Inde pour accompagner, dans la grisaille du Londres victorien, le capitaine William Meadows. Celui-ci a en effet pour projet d'écrire un ouvrage sur cette confrérie meurtrière. Dans le même temps, lord Batterstone, un célèbre phrénologue qui cherche à prouver les différences séparant les hommes et les races, charge un certain John May de lui trouver des crânes et de les lui apprêter. La quête de John May le pousse peu à peu à commettre des crimes abominables qui provoquent sensation et terreur dans tout Londres. Bientôt, les soupçons se portent sur Amir Ali - car qui d'autre qu'un thug, même repenti, aurait pu commettre de tels meurtres ? Né en 1966 en Inde, Tabish Khair est poète, journaliste et professeur de littérature à l'université d'Aarhus, au Danemark. À propos d'un thug, finaliste du Man Asian Literary Prize, est, après Apaiser la poussière (Les Editions du Sonneur, 2010), son deuxième roman publié en français. "
04/2012
Littérature étrangère
Life, liberty, luxury, and love ? Part IV
An enticing blonde with long straight hair, wearing black leather trousers, stilettos and a black cashmere pullover revealing fabulous boobs was waiting there. Jean got very nervous. She dropped her sunglasses, and stunning Leanna greeted the father of her son in the coldest possible way. Distant yet more ravishing than ever. He wanted to embrace her.
07/2018
Mathématiques
ORIENTED MATROIDS. Second Edition
Oriented matroids are a very natural mathematical concept which prescrits itself in many different guises and which has connections and applications to many different areas. These include discrete and computational geometry, combinatorics, convexity, topology, algebraic geometry, operations research, computer science and theoretical chemistry. This is the first comprehensive, accessible account of the subject. It is intended for a diverse audience: graduate students who wish to learn the subject from scratch, researchers in the various fields of application who want to concentrate on certain aspects of the theory; specialists who need a thorough reference work; and others at points in between. A list of exercises and open problems ends each chapter.
For the second edition, the authors have expanded the bibliography greatly to ensure that it remains comprehensive and
up-to-date, and they have also added an appendix surveying research since the work was first published.
01/1999
Sociologie
A Handbook of Global Citizenship Education. The Belgian perspective
Presented as a response to contemporary global issues (such as sustainable development, interculturality or democracy), Global Citizenship Education (GCE) aims to "open people's eyes and minds to the realities of the world and awaken them to bring about a world of greater justice, equity and human rights for all". Given that GCE is now perceived as a means of bringing contemporary world issues into classrooms, teachers and school principals are increasingly encouraged to adopt it. Indeed, new skills frameworks require students to develop knowledge on global issues, while students themselves are demanding this education because they seek the means to play a greater role in the world. Often addressed in the form of social or environmental issues perceived as being of serious concern, GCE is expected to feature increasingly in the curricula of schools and universities in the future. But in Belgium and around the world, Global Citizenship Education (GCE) has been the subject of debate in recent years. This handbook reflects these various debates. Initially published in French, it is, above all, an attempt to compensate for the absence of texts on the subject from the French-speaking world, notably from the Belgian research and practice world. This English version enhances the international visibility of the vital academic, institutional, and professional sectors addressing GCE in Belgium, and highlights the specific features of GCE in this country. It will be particularly useful for students, teachers and practitioners, and everyone who wants to understand the challenges of Global Citizenship Education today.
01/2023
Design
A Year in the French Style. Interiors & Entertaining by Antoinette Poisson
Maison Lescop, a historic residence in Port-Louis, Brittany, has conserved its original eighteenth-century decor that was conceived for a French importer for the East Indian trading company. Today, it is the home and restoration project for the creative duo behind the Parisian design team Antoinette Poisson. Enchanted by the poetic beauty of hand-painted domino paper prints-from floral and fauna to geometric and ikat-they have appointed their new home with elegant decorative touches : handcrafted lampshades, wallpaper-lined cupboards, assorted table settings, and luxurious textiles. Celebrating a French lifestyle inspired by the charm of the eighteenth century-through its objects, gastronomy, and traditional savoir faire-the authors invite readers to share their art de vivre throughout the seasons- from gathering shellfish on the beach to shopping at the local market, from antiquing to foraging, and from indigo textile dyeing to block-printing on artisanal paper. This book is an ode to timeless pleasures and a life well-lived... à la française.
10/2023
Non classé
Multiple Origins
Based on extensive research this work gives a detailed account and a reappraisal of Edward Westermarck's thought. Westermarck had versatile relations to Victorian evolutionists (Wallace, Tylor, Spencer), and to British social anthropologists (Frazer, Haddon, Rivers, Malinowski) and psychologists (Shand, Sully). Westermarck was a pioneer of anthropological fieldwork, and his writings on the history of marriage and on the origin and development of moral ideas are modern classics. He was a transitional figure between evolutionism, on the one hand, and functionalism and structuralism, on the other hand. Westermarck's theories of exogamy and incest, and his notions of psychological ethics, moral emotions and concepts, and expanding morality were referred to by Durkheim and Freud, as they are referred to by present-day evolutionary theorists. The search for mankind continues to be of current interest.
01/1999
Sciences politiques
As Others See Us
This collection of articles shows that some media products ought to carry a mental health warning : Some school books still contain simplistic presentations of England and Germany. English and German journalists admit that the entertainment value of their articles sometimes takes precedence over impartial reporting. English children's books may contain a reasonable mixture of good and bad Germans but some wartime films needed more sinister types for propaganda. "Made in Germany" originated in English legislation as a label against German competition but became a German marketing tool. A minister in Margaret Thatcher's cabinet made unprintable remarks about Germany. When they were printed, the Ridley Affair proved to be the beginning of the downfall of Britain's controversial Prime Minister.
03/1994
Livres 3 ans et +
Big Blacky & Big Whity : En Algarve
Les enfants et Oncle Sam ont vécu un super séjour en Algarve, dans le sud du Portugal, mais beaucoup trop court ! Ils ne sont pas près de l'oublier... Los ninos y Tito Sam la pasaron muy bien en Algarve, en el sur de Portugal, ¡pero demasiado corto ! No van a olvidarlo... The children and Uncle Sam had a great time in Algarve, in southern Portugal, but far too short ! They will never forget it...
08/2019
Cinéma
Lee Chang-Dong
L'oeuvre de Lee Chang Dong interroge le statut du voir et de l'invisible dans un monde contemporain saturé d'images et d'informations qui oscille entre réalité et fantasme, histoire et fiction. Un cinéma qui explore l'esthétique de la disparition par le hors-champ de l'image sur fond de critique sociale et politique, de la mémoire oubliée de l'homme à son Histoire ou à la Nature. Des images "perceptives" qui invitent à l'empathie à travers de jeunes adultes qui louvoient avec leur désespoir existentiel dans ce monde dont ils sont captifs, l'espoir en berne malgré leur rage. Un cinéma qui se joue aussi des catégories cinématographiques avec des histoires emboitées par la recréation de durées différées dans la narration ou glissées dans la bande son. Entre fiction et témoignage documentaire sur notre époque, Lee Chang-dong invente un régime d'images qui en appelle à la perception et à l'imagination en sollicitant les images mentales (invisibles) du spectateur. Un retour de mémoire pour percevoir "ce quelque chose" qui ferait vibrer les contours du réel d'un monde contemporain en cours d'évaporation et de disparition dans le virtuel.
09/2019
Policiers
Derrière la dune
L'inspecteur Anna Le Goff, jeune diplômée, décide de rentrer dans sa région natale. Son arrivée dans un commissariat breton va quelque peu chambouler ses occupants. Les relations avec le commissaire Renoult, personnage misogyne et détestable, se révèlent d'emblée compliquées. Anna, pour sa première enquête, est confrontée à l'inertie de son supérieur hiérarchique. Son énergie et sa volonté d'avancer sont mises à rude épreuve face à l'énigme de la disparition du mari de Sarah Montalbert, enterré depuis trois mois. La mort n'ayant pas été déclarée suspecte, les circonstances, à priori ne permettent pas d'ouvrir une enquête. Mais des lettres étranges retrouvées au domicile du défunt, le comportement intrigant du beau-père de la veuve vont finalement entraîner Anna en quête de la vérité. Le fait de fouiller dans le passé va confronter Anna à des secrets de famille se mêlant à sa propre histoire...
06/2014
Littérature française
La sienne dune
La Sienne Dune : une ode au Cotentin ! Handicapé, Aubert revient sur le lieu de son enfance et de sa jeunesse, sur la dune, la sienne, située entre la terre et la mer, entre la vie et la mort. Les souvenirs reviennent en masse alors qu'il les croyait effacés par les épreuves de la vie. Il revoit la joie des jeux et de la plage ; la langue et le folklore normands se rappellent à lui ; et la dune a même le pouvoir de lui faire retrouver ses sensations les plus primitives : la joie familiale, l'intimité maternelle, la venue au monde ! Ce personnage à la sensualité exacerbée, en lien étroit avec la nature, redécouvrant l'intensité de ses racines, nous fait partager son amour pour ce pays si particulier, le Cotentin, «comme une île».
09/2014
Littérature française
Sur la dune
j'étais en route vers la côte landaise, où je devais aider des amis à désensabler leur maison. Plus tard, je m'installerais à Bordeaux, c'était décidé. En attendant, j'avais l'intention de vivre un peu, juste assez pour que ça me laisse des souvenirs. Il y avait peu de chances, toutefois, que quelque chose m'arrive sur la dune déserte, entre deux pelletées. Puis, à l'hôtel, j'ai rencontré Charles Dugain-Liedgester, qui ne dormait plus avec sa femme et qui lisait tard le soir.
03/2007
Littérature française
Sri Krishna and His Gospel, Sri Krishna’s flute calls you to love
Sri Krishna and His Gospel We dedicate this Book to Sri Krishna the World teacher whose Gita is the World-Gospel. This was written during a long Yogic communion with the Lord Krishna, by his fervent devotee Yogi Shuddhananda Bharati who lives and loves the Gita. Saint Shuddhananda Bharati invoked Sri Krishna in his meditation and took inspiration from that Supreme Grace for every line of the Holy Book. Thus this is Sri Krishna's treatise on His Gita. This is a book for all. We have not put any picture of Krishna in the book for who can paint his universal beauty ? The Nature-universe is his Visvarupa. So dear readers, see him in Nature's beauty and contemplate upon each line of this book. This book teaches you how to live in God-consciousness. It is a real pleasure and a great privilege for me to present this treatise on Sri Krishna and His Gospel to you. Thank you, Dr. Shuddhananda Bharati for having transmitted Sri Krishna and His Gospel to us. The first edition of this book is dated on 24th November 1943. Editions ASSA, Christian Piaget
07/2009
Histoire de l'art
Paris Moderne, 1914-1945. Art - Design - Architecture - Photography - Literature - Cinema - Fashion
Whether at peace or at war, Paris during the first half of the twentieth century pulsated with frenzied energy. Creatives from across Europe flocked to the French capital where they had free rein to experiment with innovative forms of expression. Inspired by the challenge made possible through technological advances and market expectations, members from every artistic discipline-art, design, architecture, photography, fashion, and cinema-forged the new face of this resolutely modern city. A kaleidoscopic portrait of this exhilarating artistic surge is documented here in dictionary form, through biographical profiles of nearly one hundred leading creators, including Josephine Baker, Coco Chanel, Le Corbusier, Tamara de Lempicka, Robert Mallet-Stevens, Man Ray, Charlotte Perriand, Jean Prouvé, Helena Rubinstein, and Gertrude Stein. The richly illustrated volume is completed with a photographic journal of Paris today by Antonio Martinelli, retracing the incredible architectural and urban landscape that still bears the hallmarks of this wildly prodigious period. J-L. C. , G. M. J.
09/2023
Droit international
Hidden dividend distributions & hidden capital contributions, 2e édition. A technical guide
Luxembourg companies have a legal personality that is separate from that of their shareholder(s). Consequently, they may enter into agreements with their shareholders as they do with third parties. However, when the terms and conditions of those agreements do not adhere to the arm's length standard, tax adjustments may be required in accordance with the concepts of hidden dividend distribution and hidden capital contribution. Both concepts aim at a separation of the sphere of the company (which is itself subject to corporate income tax on its worldwide income) from that of its shareholders. As such, the concepts of hidden dividend distribution and hidden capital contribution are cornerstones of Luxembourg's transfer pricing rules. In addition, in the context of associated enterprises (in a group of companies), tax adjustments might be required under Article 56 of the Luxembourg Income Tax Law ("LITL"). Hence, a clear distinction must be made between agreements that adhere to the arm's length principle and agreements that, motivated by the shareholding relationship, shift advantages from the company to the shareholder or vice versa. Therefore, each contractual relationship between a company and its shareholder(s) must be considered. Luxembourg tax law does not provide for exhaustive definitions of hidden dividend distributions and hidden capital contributions. Both concepts have their origins in case law of the German Reich Tax Court (Reichsfinanzhof) and have been carefully extended and refined through the years by the German Federal Tax Court (Bundesfinanzhof). Since the publication of the first edition of this book back in 2011, the Luxembourg Courts had to decide in numerous cases involving both concepts. This book offers a one-of-a-kind, practical insight into the tax treatment of hidden dividend distributions, hidden capital contributions and triangular cases. Charts, case studies and checklists aid the reader in identifying and assessing the various cases in which hidden dividend distributions and hidden capital contributions may arise. A new chapter with practical case studies considers situations that may occur in the context of multinational groups, Luxembourg alternative funds and individual shareholders. Reading this thorough guide is indispensable for an in-depth understanding of the concepts of hidden dividend distribution and hidden capital contribution. Tax advisers, practitioners and tax students should gain substantially from the insights provided in this book.
01/2024
Littérature française
Understanding human nature the psychology of personality
"Understanding Human Nature : The Psychology of Personality" is a seminal work by Alfred Adler, an Austrian psychiatrist and psychotherapist. Published in 1927, this book presents Adler's theories on personality and human behavior, which laid the foundation for the school of individual psychology. In the book, Adler explores the fundamental aspects of human nature, including the dynamics of personality development, the influence of social factors, and the significance of individual experiences and perceptions. He emphasizes the importance of understanding the subjective experiences of individuals and how they shape their behavior and worldview. One of Adler's key concepts is the "inferiority complex, " which he argues is a driving force behind human behavior. He suggests that individuals strive for superiority to overcome feelings of inferiority, and that these efforts shape their personality and motivations. "Understanding Human Nature" offers insights into various aspects of human psychology, including the formation of personality traits, the role of early childhood experiences, and the impact of societal influences. Adler's holistic approach to understanding human behavior continues to influence psychology and psychotherapy to this day.
04/2024
Littérature française
Kung-fu
L'amour est-il un combat? Dans les années soixante-dix, passant des minets du Drugstore à la Gauche Prolétarienne, des cafés enfumés à l'odeur âcre de la salle de boxe, le narrateur apprend à souffrir. Le militant discipline son corps. De la phalange révolutionnaire au phalanstère martial, toujours maîtriser ses émotions. C'est pour échapper à la passion qui le lie à Ursula, beauté désarmante, qu'il suit son meilleur ami jusque dans la cité interdite : le légendaire monastère de Shaolin, temple du kung-fu, dont il sera le premier disciple blanc. Des années plus tard, une rencontre ravive des blessures enfouies. Coup de foudre ou coup de grâce ? Retrouvera-t-il la force d'aimer ? C'est toute une époque que François Armanet convoque dans ce roman d'initiation : des dandys de la nébuleuse gauchiste aux rivages de l'Asie, de l'herbe fumée aux cendres amères des camarades perdus en route, des maîtres du tao à la rédemption des combattants de l'ombre.
01/2007
Fantasy
Par Duna
Dans un monde où les créatures fantastiques existent, un royaume, nommé Dramcitu, qui n'a jamais connu une seule défaite, vit une tragique descente aux enfers. Serait-ce un hasard ? Le destin ? Une malédiction ? Afin de venir en aide à son peuple, Elwena, une brillante Haute elfe, accompagnée de six compagnons de route, va se lancer dans une quête de sauvetage où tous les coups sont permis.
02/2022
Comics divers
We Only Find Them When They're Dead Tome 1 : Le voyageur
On n'oublie jamais la première fois que l'on voit un Dieu. Les Dieux sont toujours magnifiques. Et les Dieux sont toujours morts. 2367, aux confins de la galaxie. Dans ce futur lointain, l'humanité a épuisé toutes ses ressources et doit sa survie à l'exploitation de dieux morts flottant dans l'espace, dont les cadavres gigantesques servent désormais de matière première. Le Vihan II est l'un des nombreux vaisseaux nécropsiques qui arpentent le cosmos dans l'espoir de trouver ces divinités providentielles. Mais Georges Malik, son capitaine, nourrit une obsession : pourquoi les dieux ne se révèlent-ils que lorsqu'ils sont morts ? Pour tenter de s'émanciper de ce système gangréné par les inégalités et la pauvreté, tout l'équipage s'embarque alors dans un périple sous haute tension à la recherche d'un dieu vivant.
07/2021
Ecrits sur l'art
Daring French Explorations. Traiblazing Adventures around the World : 1714-1854
Daring French Explorations is an exceptional homage to adventure. Intrepid French mariners-including legendary explorers Lapérouse, Bougainville, and Dumont d'Urville, and unsung sailors La Barbinais, Pagès, and Roquefeuil-embark readers on sixteen voyages around the world from 1714 to 1854. A selection of firsthand accounts culled from their maritime travelogues recounts the trials and tribulations the explorers encountered as they charted new routes to remote territories. Their unfiltered observations on wide-ranging themes-from geopolitics and commerce to climate change and global cultures-resonate with contemporary issues. This handsome volume-featuring many previously unpublished illustrations, engravings, and maps-traces their extraordinary scientific, diplomatic, or commercial expeditions, which significantly marked the history of world exploration. Driven by a spirit of adventure and a passion for expeditions, inveterate collector Hubert Sagnières has drawn from his extensive library to curate this unprecedented introduction to the glory days of French naval history. Award-winning author Edward Duyker is a fellow at the Australian Academy of the Humanities.
02/2024
Sciences de la terre et de la
Sponges of the New Caledonian lagoon
The present book which is devoted to Parifera or Sponges and profusely illustrated allows bring to light the most characteristic species of the New Caledonian lagoon with all the scientific rigor necessary. It is also well documented on the structure and function of Sponges.
the scientific rigor necessary. It is also well documented on the structure and function of Sponges.
Books like the present one are so important in educating the world community about the unique biodiversity contained within isolated island ecosystems, and we hope that they contribute in some way to careful management and preservation of these unique environments.
Cet ouvrage consacré aux Spongiaires ou Eponges, abondamment illustré, permet de faire connaître avec toute la rigueur scientifique, nécessaire les espèces spécifiques les plus
caractéristiques du lagon de Nouvelle-Calédonie. Il offre également une importante documentation sur la structure et le fonctionnement des Eponges.
Un tel ouvrage a aussi une vocation éducative : en révélant la fascinante biodiversité des écosystèmes récifaux, il incite à la préservation de ces milieux uniques.
06/1998
Sociologie
Experiencing Same-Sex Marriage
This book provides an understanding of how the legal and cultural debates and advances and limitations on same-sex marriage are experienced by gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) people, same-sex couples, and their social networks. Using data collected from hundreds of GLBT people, same-sex couples, and their social networks over the past decade, the book examines the following topics : same-sex marriages' impact on how GLBT individuals view their relationships and community ; same-sex couples' decision making regarding whether to marry or not ; the interactions between same-sex couples and members of their families-of-origin regarding same-sex marriage ; the same-sex marriage experiences of understudied members of the GLBT community ; and the interactions between same-sex couples and members of their social networks in locations with restrictions against legally recognized same-sex marriage. These findings are examined through the lens of the social scientific study of relationships. They are based on a communication studies perspective on personal relationships, and therefore emphasize communication concepts and theories relevant to the understanding of same-sex marriage experiences.
01/2014
Histoire de l'art
Chefs-d'oeuvre de la collection Al Thani
Un florilège des principaux chefs d'oeuvres de la prestigieuse collection Al Thani, à l'Hôtel de la Marine. L'Hôtel de la Marine, qui ouvrira ses portes pour la première fois en juillet 2020, sera l'écrin des trésors de la collection Al Thani, l'une des plus prestigieuses au monde. Fruit d'un accord de mécénat exceptionnel entre le Centre des monuments nationaux et la Fondation collection Al Thani, l'ancien Garde-Meuble royal reprendra dès son ouverture ses fonctions séculaires de lieu d'exposition en accueillant dans 400 m2 - et pour les vingt prochaines années ! - les richesses historiques de cette collection unique. L'atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects a été choisi pour dessiner les nouveaux espaces d'exposition au sein du monument. Ce volume de la collection " Regards " présente les 40 plus belles oeuvres de la collection : composée de plus de 6 000 oeuvres témoignant de nombreuses civilisations de l'Antiquité à nos jours ; elle n'avait jamais été exposée ainsi aux yeux du grand public, dans toute sa diversité. Ivoires assyriens, objets précieux sassanides, ornements moghols, commandes britanniques exceptionnelles du XIXe siècle... une diversité prodigieuse d'objets uniques est ici dévoilée. Historiens et spécialistes font entrer le lecteur curieux comme l'amateur averti dans l'histoire et l'élaboration minutieuse de ces objets.
11/2021
Histoire de France
Refermer le passé douloureux. Mémoires du chef de camp n°1 des officiers français prisonniers du Vietminh au Tonkin - 1951-1954
Publiées au Vietnam en 1995, les mémoires du chef d'un camp de prisonniers durant la guerre d'Indochine décrivent la détention des officiers français capturés par le Vietminh lors du repli de la garnison de Cao Bang en octobre 1950. Elles offrent le point de vue d'un patriote vietnamien sur cette page de l'histoire.
12/2015
Littérature française
Le 17ème parallèle
Depuis les années 90, nombreux sont les vietnamiens souhaitant encore quitter leur pays. En atteignant la Malaisie ou la Thaïlande, ils gardent toujours l'espoir d'être accueillis sous le statut de réfugiés politiques. Malheureusement, ils se voient refuser ce statut pour la simple et bonne raison que le Vietnam n'est plus en guerre, et que, par conséquent, ce statut n'a plus lieu d'être. Il ne leur reste que celui de réfugié économique... Et, de fait, beaucoup de vietnamiens sont tout simplement renvoyés chez eux. Pourtant, à ce jour, combien de vietnamiens n'ont de cesse de vouloir fuir leur terre... C'est bien que cette terre, placée sous l'emprise du régime communiste et soumise aux chinois, ne leur permet ni de s'accomplir ni d'être heureux. En tant qu'exilée, Huynh Thu a souhaité noircir ces quelques pages afin d'exposer sa vision de la situation, l'histoire de ce qu'elle a vécu sous le régime en place en Vietnam durant sa jeunesse et depuis son départ.
10/2016
Monographies
Defaced! Money, Conflict, Protest
This fully illustrated catalogue is the first of its kind to examine the relationship between money, power, resistance and dissent. It accompanies major exhibitions at The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge and the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto. War, revolution and protest are defining themes in all periods of world history, shaping national identities and influencing material and visual culture in myriad ways. The ubiquity of money makes it a powerful vehicle for diseminating the messages of the state to the public, but the symbolic and nationalistic iconography of currency could also be subverted or mutilated in powerful acts of defiance, rebellion and propaganda. Beginning in Britain in the wake of the American and French Revolutions, the exhibition explores the political and social tensions present in society, and communicated through the production or defacement of money, over the past 200 years. It contrasts the use of money by the radicals of the nineteenth and early twentieth century, such as Thomas Spence, and the Suffragette movement, with the money produced by European empires as they scrambled to dominate the rest of the world. The currency histories of the two World Wars reveal the subversion of the very nature of what money is, and highlight the role of money as the tool of occupation, imprisonment, resistance and remembrance. The coins countermarked during the Troubles in Northern Ireland hint at the polarised nature of political discourse and sectarian violence. The exhibition culminates with the work of contemporary artists and activists who use money to highlight the challenges of the modern world, both locally and globally - as a canvas, as a raw material, or as a powerful means of communication. From a unique coin commemorating the Peterloo Massacre of 1819 to a Syrian banknote refashioned to raise awareness of the refugee crisis, this publication showcases many newly acquired objects from the Fitzwilliam Museum collection, alongside materials from the Archive of Modern Conflict. These objects are enhanced by a number of important loans from museums and private collections, including the cannon used at the Battle of Mafeking, an exploded transit van and contemporary art works that take money, its authority and destruction as their theme. Each object constitutes a witness statement to its time and its conflict, and each section has its own story to tell. The chapters - by archaeologists, historians, curators, and artists - create a rich context for the more than 130 objects in the catalogue, most of which have never been studied in depth or published before.
12/2022
Ethnologie
Des taurins et des hommes. Cameroun, Nigeria
Au Cameroun et au Nigeria, les taurins - petits bovins sans bosse - sont très minoritaires par rapport aux zébus. ils présentent pourtant l'avantage
D'être mieux adaptés au milieu : résistants à la mouche tsé-tsé, ils pourraient aider à la mise en valeur des zones infestées et ils apparaissent dans certaines régions humides comme les seuls bovins aptes à favoriser l'inter-pénétration de l'agriculture et de l'élevage. Mais la relance de ces élevages, tant au Cameroun qu'au Nigeria, a toujours posé problème : l'imbrication du social, du religieux et du politique dont ils sont porteurs en fait des élevages
archaïques. difficilement récupérables par les Sociétés villaGeoises contemporaines, et donc en voie d'extinction. La " laïcisation " du taurin et son
introduction dans une économie de marché restent à faire. Cet ouvrage réunit des géographes, ethnologues, anthropologues, vétérinaires-zootechniciens.
Il contribue à une meilleure compréhension du fonctionnement social des élevages, et apporte une description précise de ces animaux et de leur comportement : deux préalables nécessaires à l'identification de " nouveaux types d'éleveurs " et à la mise en œuvre de nouvelles pratiques zootechniques et sociales.
In Cameroon and Nigerina, taurines - small humpless cattle -form a minority in comparison with zebu. Nevertheless, they are better suited to the environment. Taurines (Bos taurus) are resistant to tsetse fly and could help in the farming of infested zones and are the only cattle that can be reared it
in combination with arable farming in certain wet regions However, relaunching taurine rearing in both Cameroon and Nigeria has always been a problem. The overlapping of the social religious and political spheres in which they are involved means that rearing is archaic, difficult to adopt by contemporary village societies and is therefore disappearing, The taurine remains to be rendered "secular" and incorporated in a market economy. Geographers, ethnologies, anthropologists and veterinary/zootechny specialists have contributed to this book. It provides better understanding of the social functioning of taurine rearing and a precise description of the cattle and their behaviour. The latter features are prerequisites for the identification of new types of animal farmers and the implementation of new zootechnical and social practices.
05/1998
