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영화 < 미드소마(Midsommar, 2019) >에 나타난 희생제의와 에로티즘 : 조르주 바타유(Georges Bataille)의 ‘연속성’ 개념과 내적 변화를 중심으로
고마리 ( Koh¸ Marie ) 한국종교학연구회 2021 宗敎學硏究 Vol.39 No.-
Midsommar, a folk horror film written and directed by Ari Aster, portrays the gruesome deaths taking place at the Swedish Midsummer festival. However, these deaths are allowed and encouraged in this festival because they are part of the public ceremony in observing the “life cycle” that the Hårga community believes. This form of ritual is a turning point to the community for the next cycle. Midsommar displays a form of sacrificial ritual as the villagers plot the killing of outside guests for the community’s ritual practice. The purpose of this sacrificial ritual is to offer a life by turning death into life. This paradox between life and death can be explained by Georges Bataille’s Erotism, which deeply delves into the concept of Eros. Bataille defined the foundation of the existence as “continuity” and introduced Erotism as a process of transforming into new continuity. Through this process, death no longer leads to discontinuity. Bataille claimed that sexual behavior and religious offering resemble each other based on the principle of Erotism. I analyze Midsommar by focusing on how deaths become acceptable in the exchange of a new life that the Erotism refers to. Such analysis is an approach of religious studies, viewing the deaths taking place at Midsommar as sacrificial ritual. Deaths at Midsommar, which involve Taboo, violation, and the internal change, will be evaluated by the notion of Erotism. In particular, the characteristic of the sacrificial ritual that is tied directly to a community’s survival will be examined and applied to the fundamental function of this festival. The next step will be to analyze how religious Erotism leads to self-affirmation at an individual level through Dani, who is the main character of this movie.
Marie, Mohammed Ali M. The Korean Society for Microbiology 2008 Journal of Bacteriology and Virology Vol.38 No.4
There are no generally accepted regimens for the treatment of H. pylori infection in patients with gastritis or duodenal ulcers. However, metronidazole based regimens have been reported to be among the most successful. Resistance to metronidazole, clarithromycin, and amoxicillin was determined for 46 clinical isolates of Helicobacter pylori in Saudi Arabia and tested by E test. Of these isolates, 69.5% was resistant to metronidazole (MIC > 8 mg/l), 21 % to clarithromycin (MIC > 1 mg/l) and 11 % were multiresistant. No resistance to amoxicillin was observed. Resistance to metronidazole was more common in isolates from females than in those form males. In conclusion, the present study demonstrates high metronidazole resistance rate of H. pylori isolates in Saudi Arabia. Regimens containing metronidazole are best avoided. Trials to test other antimicrobial combinations are recommended.
Review Essay: What Happened to the Study of China in Comparative Politics?
Marie-Eve Reny 동아시아연구원 2011 Journal of East Asian Studies Vol.11 No.1
In 1986, Kenneth Lieberthal observed that the study of China in the United States had had little effect on the evolution of political science. Twenty years later, its impact on the core debates in comparative politics seems to have been no more significant. Why have some of the most influential books in the study of contemporary Chinese politics not been significant in the discipline of comparative politics? Based on a quantitative overview of forty-two comparative politics syllabi, my argument is twofold. First, China scholarship has isolated the study of Chinese politics by primarily publishing in area journals, building analyses around debates exclusive to Chinese politics, and generating knowledge with limited contemplation of its potential for generalization outside China. Second, comparative politics seems to have been caught in a “democratic prism,” which has impeded scholars’ ability to adapt some of the debates to empirical changes associated with China’s rise and development.
The course of fatigue in patients with gynecologic and breast cancer
Marie Vollrath,Markus Zenger,Susanne Singer,Jens Einenkel,Andreas Hinz 대한부인종양학회 2013 Journal of Gynecologic Oncology Vol.24 No.3
Objective: The objective of this study is to examine the course of fatigue in female cancer patients during the first months after treatment. Methods: We examined a sample of 110 patients suffering from gynecological or breast cancer. Fatigue was assessed with two questionnaires, the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI) and the fatigue scale of the quality of life questionnaire European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC QLQ-C30). Participants were tested during their stay in the hospital (t1), two weeks after discharge (t2), and three months after discharge (t3). Results: Fatigue in the patients’ sample was markedly higher than the general population reference values. At t1, the effect sizes are d=0.81 (MFI) and d=1.21 (EORTC QLQ-C30 fatigue scale). Age and tumor stage had no significant influence on fatigue, but patients with a long time since diagnosis had higher fatigue levels than patients with a shorter time since diagnosis. From t1 to t3, fatigue mean scores decreased. The correlations between the t1 and the t3 fatigue scores were weak, with correlation coefficients of only about 0.30. Conclusion: Though the mean scores of fatigue, averaged across all patients, decreased over the first three months, the individual courses could not be predicted from the t1 score.
Incidence and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Saudi Arabia
Marie, Mohammed Ali M. The Korean Society for Microbiology 2010 Journal of Bacteriology and Virology Vol.40 No.4
Mycoplasma pneumoniae is increasingly recognized as a common and an important pathogen in community-acquired respiratory tract infections (RTIs) and pneumonia, particularly in school-age children and young adults. To determine the incidence and antibiotic susceptibility of M. pneumoniae at the main hospitals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, we studied 552 respiratory samples from patients diagnosed with different clinical diagnosis. The isolation, identification, enumeration and antibiotic resistance test for M. pneumoniae were performed using Pneumofast kit. There were 194 patients (35.1%) with current M. pneumoniae infection, mostly among younger age groups, with pneumonia the most common underlying clinical condition. All tested isolates were susceptible to four antibiotics included in the Pneumofast kit, doxycycline, minocycline, ciprofloxacine and erythromycin. The findings suggest that M. pneumonia infection in Saudi Arabia is more common among younger age groups, and pneumonia is the most common underlying clinical condition among patients with M. pneumoniae infection, that cannot be distinguished from other respiratory infections on the basis of clinical and radiographic diagnosis alone.
Association of Mycoplasma pneumoniae in Asthma Pathogenesis
Marie, Mohammed Ali M. The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory 2008 Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases Vol.65 No.4
The role of atypical bacterial infection in the pathogenesis of asthma is a subject of continuing debate. There is an increasing body of literature concerning the association between the atypical bacteria such as Mycoplasma pneumoniae (M. pneumoniae) and asthma pathogenesis. Moreover, many studies investigating such a link have been uncontrolled and have provided conflicting evidence, in part due to the difficulty in accurately diagnosing infection with these atypical pathogens. This manuscript will review the relationship between M. pneumoniae infection and asthma pathogenesis.