Constructing Jewish Otherness in the Italian Empire : the Case of Colonial Guidebooks

This article looks at how Jewish groups were portrayed in Italian colonial guidebooks of the 1920s and 1930s. More than simple travel aids, these publications reflected and shaped the ways colonial society imagined its subjects. The article compares the depictions of Jews with those of other ethnic and religious groups, paying attention to the stereotypes employed, the construction of ethnic identities and the imprint of colonial and Fascist ideology. The article asks three main questions...

Matrix-isolation IR spectra of iodotrifluoroethylene (C2F3I)

The infrared spectra of iodotrifluoroethylene (ITFE) recorded under matrix-isolation (MI) conditions in para-hydrogen, neon and argon were investigated. The experimental spectra were analyzed by comparison with computed anharmonic spectra obtained in the second-order vibrational perturbation theory (VPT2) framework at the MP2 and revDSD-PBEP86-D3BJ levels of theory. In para-hydrogen and neon matrices, the experimentally observable bands in the range of 1800-650 cm−1 could be assigned to vibra...

The Role of Anharmonicity in the HC*D Chromophore in Vibrational Circular Dichroism Spectra and Optical Rotation Data

The vibrational circular dichroism (VCD) spectra in the CD-stretching region of (R)-(−)-neopentyl-1d-halides (Cl and Br), (R)-(+)-1-exo-d1-camphor, and (S)-(+)-1-phenylethane-1-d1(and (S)-(+)-1-phenylethane-1,2,2,2-d4) are correctly interpreted by properly including anharmonicity, both mechanical and electrical, with DFT calculations. This result is noteworthy, since the spectroscopic range containing the CD-stretching transitions is always rich in features attributed to overtone and combinat...

Forme della novella e modi del discorso morale: Francesco Sansovino e Marco Mantova Benavides