Looking at writers such as Will Self, Hani Kureishi, JG Ballard, and Iain Sinclair, Kim Duff's new book examines contemporary British literature and its depiction of the city after the time of Thatcher and mass privatization. This lively study is an important and engaging work for students and scholars alike.

Looking at writers such as Will Self, Hani Kureishi, JG Ballard, and Iain Sinclair, Kim Duff's new book examines contemporary British literature and its depiction of the city after the time of Thatcher and mass privatization. This lively study is an important and engaging work for students and scholars alike.

Chrysophycean algae are a diverse and often abundant group of primarily freshwater phytoplankton, characterized by the endogenous formation of siliceous cysts or stomatocysts (also called statospores or statocysts). Cyst morphology is highly variable, but believed to be species-specific. Recently, cysts have received considerable attention from phycologists and especially paleoecologists who wish to use these indicators for assessments of environmental change. Nonetheless, attempts at using cysts have often been hampered by taxonomic problems. This Atlas dispels some of the mystery surrounding stomatocysts, facilitating the accurate identification of individual cyst morphotypes, and encouraging other workers to begin using these important indicators. The terminology used to describe cysts is outlined in detail, followed by detailed descriptions of cyst morphotypes, following International Statospore Working Group (ISWG) guidelines, complemented by scanning electron and light micrographs, as well as line illustrations. Any available biogeographical and ecological information is also provided. These descriptions will further accelerate the continued effort to link cyst morphotypes to the algae that produce them. For paleoecologists who wish to include stomatocysts in their studies, researchers working with living chrysophycean algae, and those interested in the morphology and ultrastructure of cyst morphotypes.

Cet ouvrage vise a cerner la place qu'occupe le corps feminin dans la production litteraire francophone des Ameriques et des Caraibes en invitant chacun(e) de ses auteur(e)s a s'interroger sur le topos que constitue la chair feminine dans l'ecriture fictionnelle. Il est clair que le corps, pour les femmes, est bien un lieu a partir duquel ecrire, mais en lui s'inscrivent aussi les enjeux d'une societe, d'une culture et d'une poetique. L'ecriture du corps feminin, qu'elle definisse la position d'un sujet-corps dans la narration ou l'ensemble de ses representations textuelles, se transforme-t-elle en fonction de variables comme l'emplacement geographique, la periode historique, le cadre socio-culturel (pouvant etre marque par l'experience de l'esclavagisme dans les Caraibes ou encore la repression de l'Eglise catholique dans le contexte canadien francais) ? Conserve-t-elle, en depit de tout, des elements communs ? Voici les questions auxquelles il devient possible de repondre a la lecture des douze articles colliges dans ce collectif reunissant des chercheur(e)s d'origines diverses.