Monstrous Fairytales: Towards an Écriture Queer

Monstrous and Generalized Moonshine and Permutation Orbifolds

We consider the application of permutation orbifold constructions towards a new possible understanding of the genus zero property in Monstrous and Generalized Moonshine. We describe a theory of twisted Hecke operators in this setting and conjecture on the form of Generalized Moonshine replication formulas.

On Modeling Conceptual and Narrative Structure of Fairytales

We describe here our ongoing research on modeling conceptual and narrative structure of fairytales by a computer system. In this paper we focus on the variations of fairytales based on Cinderella from all around the world. We analyzed twenty-three Japanese texts of Cinderella tales and modeled their conceptual and narrative structures using the notions of composition elements and motifs. We the...

Couture Et Écriture: What the Fashion Industry Can Teach the World of Writing

[Who teaches queer: the prospect of queer theory analysis in the health education process].

The scope of this essay is to reflect on the possibilities of inclusion of a queer analytical body to the processes of education in the health field. This is because the development of the Unified Health System, with its new set of health practices has revealed challenges that include broadening the knowledge set especially required for revitalization of the notion of subject. Queer theory is n...

The Age of Consent and the Ending of Queer Theory

This article uses the debates surrounding the age of consent as a broad umbrella to question the continued usefulness of Queer Theory. The debates surrounding the age of consent illustrate that Queer Theory has not fulfilled its original promise and that it is not (and possibly never been), “fit for purpose”. Towards the end of 2013, the topic of lowering the age of consent in England and Wales...