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Isometric Representations Of Totally Ordered Semigroups, M A. Aukhadiev, V H. Tepoyan
Isometric Representations Of Totally Ordered Semigroups, M A. Aukhadiev, V H. Tepoyan
Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences - Papers: Part A
Let S be a subsemigroup of an abelian torsion-free group G. If S is a positive cone of G, then all C*-algebras generated by faithful isometrical non-unitary representations of S are canon- ically isomorphic. Proved by Murphy, this statement generalized the well-known theorems of Coburn and Douglas. In this note we prove the reverse.
The 'Afghan Girls': Media Representations And Frames Of War, Vera Mackie
The 'Afghan Girls': Media Representations And Frames Of War, Vera Mackie
Faculty of Arts - Papers (Archive)
In this article, I survey almost a decade of visual representations of Afghan women, which have emanated from first world media organizations and have circulated in transnational media space. Only one of the photographs is explicitly linked with a political discussion. However, all of the photographs contribute to a set of possible statements about veiling and unveiling. Through discourse analysis informed by a genealogical approach, I demonstrate how these photographs contribute to the constitution of a set of power relations whereby the United States and its Allies have sovereignty and where it seems 'natural' that these sovereign nations can intervene …