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Author Vialette, Aurélie, author

Title Intellectual philanthropy : the seduction of the masses / Aurélie Vialette
Published West Lafayette, Indiana : Purdue University Press, [2018]

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Description 1 online resource (293 pages)
Series Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures ; v. 73
Purdue studies in Romance literatures.
Contents Cover; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Intellectual Philanthropists and their Weapons of Mass Seduction; Part One: Staging Philanthropy; Chapter One: Musical Philanthropy: The Working-Class Spectacle; Chapter Two: Archiving Philanthropy; Chapter Three: Performing Los filántropos: The Theater as the Medium for a Theorization of Philanthropy; Part Two: Bibliophilanthropy; Chapter Four: The Library Is the City: The Enactment of Democratization Processes in the Centros de Lectura; Chapter Five: Catechism of Industry
Part Three: Philanthropy and the Female Working ClassChapter Six: The Potential Not to Be: Domesticity, Economy, and Reading Practices of Women Workers; Chapter Seven: The Art of Dying Well: Philanthropy and the Imitation of Christ as Social Deactivation; Conclusion; Notes; Works Cited; Index; About the Book; About the Author
Summary "Intellectual Philanthropy: The Seduction of the Masses by Aurélie Vialette examines the practice of philanthropy in modern Spain. Through detailed studies of popular music, collective readings, dramas, working-class manuals, and fiction, Vialette reveals how depictions of urban philanthropic activities can inform our understanding of interactions in the economic, cultural, religious, and educational spheres, class power dynamics, and gender roles in urban Spanish society"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Humanitarianism -- Spain -- History -- 19th century
Charities -- Spain -- History -- 19th century
Working class -- Spain -- Social conditions -- 19th century
Arts and society -- Spain -- History -- 19th century
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Philanthropy & Charity.
Arts and society
Charities
Humanitarianism
Working class -- Social conditions
Spain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781612495453
1612495451