Autobiography

Jean-Christophe Menu; Fabrice Neaud

doi:10.3167/eca.2021.140104

Autobiography

European Comic Art ◽

10.3167/eca.2020.140104 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 41-68

Author(s):

Jean-Christophe Menu ◽

Fabrice Neaud

Keyword(s):

Family Life ◽

Ecological Niche ◽

Peer Approval ◽

Legal Consequences

In this email exchange, Jean-Christophe Menu inveighs against the deterioration of comics autobiography into a formulaic ‘genre’. Fabrice Neaud maintains that the autobiographical enterprise is necessarily a dangerous undertaking in which a precarious subject comes into being, unlike the ‘proximate’ autobiography featuring a ready-made persona in search of peer approval. He employs a Darwinist evolutionary metaphor to demonstrate the colonisation of the ecological niche that houses comics autobiography by an ‘autobiography-lite’ better adapted to the market. He details the criticisms that have been made of his work (‘egotistical’, or formally over-conservative) and laments the tendency to equate artless scribbles with ‘sincerity’. Menu regrets that a distanced and selective portrayal of family life can be read as invasive of privacy, with devastating legal consequences.

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Growing up in Melbourne: Family Life in the Late Nineteenth Century

Population Studies ◽

10.1080/0032472031000149186 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 50 (1) ◽

pp. 145-147

Author(s):

Alice T. Day

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

Family Life ◽

Late Nineteenth Century ◽

Growing Up ◽

Late Nineteenth

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Proximal deep venous thrombosis following PTA of the superficial femoral artery – an obligation to disclose a complication that is rarely taken into account

VASA ◽

10.1024/0301-1526.35.1.41 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 35 (1) ◽

pp. 41-44 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Klein-Weigel ◽

Pillokat ◽

Klemens ◽

Köning ◽

Wolbergs ◽

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Keyword(s):

Venous Thrombosis ◽

Deep Venous Thrombosis ◽

Femoral Artery ◽

Superficial Femoral Artery ◽

Rare Complication ◽

Femoral Vein ◽

Vein Thrombosis ◽

Explicit Information ◽

Life Threatening ◽

Legal Consequences

We report two cases of femoral vein thrombosis after arterial PTA and subsequent pressure stasis. We discuss the legal consequences of these complications for information policies. Because venous thrombembolism following an arterial PTA might cause serious sequel or life threatening complications, there is a clear obligation for explicit information of the patients about this rare complication.

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The Acute Effect of Alcohol on Various Memory Processes

Journal of Psychophysiology ◽

10.1027/0269-8803/a000038 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 24 (4) ◽

pp. 249-252 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Márk Molnár ◽

Roland Boha ◽

Balázs Czigler ◽

Zsófia Anna Gaál

Keyword(s):

Low Dose ◽

Short Term Memory ◽

Acute Effect ◽

Long Term Memory ◽

Term Memory ◽

Memory Processes ◽

Different Types ◽

The Brain ◽

Legal Consequences

This review surveys relevant and recent data of the pertinent literature regarding the acute effect of alcohol on various kinds of memory processes with special emphasis on working memory. The characteristics of different types of long-term memory (LTM) and short-term memory (STM) processes are summarized with an attempt to relate these to various structures in the brain. LTM is typically impaired by chronic alcohol intake but according to some data a single dose of ethanol may have long lasting effects if administered at a critically important age. The most commonly seen deleterious acute effect of alcohol to STM appears following large doses of ethanol in conditions of “binge drinking” causing the “blackout” phenomenon. However, with the application of various techniques and well-structured behavioral paradigms it is possible to detect, albeit occasionally, subtle changes of cognitive processes even as a result of a low dose of alcohol. These data may be important for the consideration of legal consequences of low-dose ethanol intake in conditions such as driving, etc.

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