Visions of Filth: Deviancy and Social Control in the Novels of Galdós
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This book explores how notions of deviancy and social control are dramatized in the novels of the late nineteenth-century Spanish realist author Benito P rez Gald s. Gald s's 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 Gald s's novels interacted with contemporary debates on poverty and deviancy - notably, discourses on hygiene, domesticity and philanthropy. It is proposed that Gald s's view of marginal social groups was much more open-minded, shrewd and liberal than the often inflexible pronouncements made by contemporary professional voices.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:085323728X
ISBN13:9780853237280
Release Date:September 2003
Publisher:Liverpool University Press
Length:228 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"
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