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1 online resource (xi, 216 pages) |
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The Miasmas of Poverty: The Lower Classes in "Una visita al Cuarto Estado" -- The Control of Prostitution -- The Drink Problem -- The New Poor: Changing Attitudes to Poverty, Mendicity and Vagrancy -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
This book explores how notions of deviancy and social control are dramatized in the novels of the late nineteenth-century Spanish realist author Benito Pérez Galdós. Galdós' treatment of prostitutes, alcoholics, beggars and vagrants is studied within the context of the socio-cultural and medical debates circulating during the period. Drawing on Foucault's very specific conceptualisation of the idea of control through discourses, the book analyses how Galdós's novels interacted with contemporary debates on poverty and deviancy - notably, discourses on hygiene, domesticity and philanthropy. It is proposed that Galdós' view of marginal social groups was much more open-minded, shrewd and liberal than the often inflexible pronouncements made by contemporary professional voices |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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| Subject |
Pérez Galdós, Benito, 1843-1920 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Pérez Galdós, Benito, 1843-1920. fast (OCoLC)fst00036210 |
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Deviant behavior in literature.
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Social control in literature.
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Prostitutes in literature.
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Poverty in literature.
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Alcoholism in literature.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- Spanish & Portuguese.
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Alcoholism in literature.
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Deviant behavior in literature.
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Poverty in literature.
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Prostitutes in literature.
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Social control in literature.
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Romans.
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Afwijkend gedrag.
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Sociale controle.
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Prostitutie.
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Spaans.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781781386941 |
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1781386943 |
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9781846314384 |
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1846314380 |
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