Visions of Filth: Deviancy and Social Control in the Novels of Galdós - Hardcover
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.
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About the Author:
Teresa Peris Fuentes is Professor in the Spanish at University Of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Teresa Peris Fuentes is Professor in the Spanish at University Of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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- PublisherLiverpool University Press
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0853237182
- ISBN 13 9780853237181
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages228
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