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Author:

Mercer, Leigh, 1971-

Title:

Urbanism and urbanity : the Spanish bourgeois novel and contemporary customs (1845-1925) / Leigh Mercer.

Publisher:

Bucknell University Press :

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

xi, 201 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Middle class in literature.
Spanish fiction--19th century--History and criticism.
Spanish fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
Manners and customs in literature.
Social values in literature.
City and town life in literature.
Group identity in literature.
Literature and society--Spain--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p.185-191) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- All the world's her stage: the museum and the theater -- Consuming desires: the boutique and the promenade -- The games men play: the stock market and the casino -- Fields of honor: political clubs, congress, and dueling grounds -- Afterword: defining spaces in modern Spain.

ISBN:

1611483891 (electronic)
9781611483895 (electronic)
1611483883 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781611483888 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)806017650

LCCN:

2012035200

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)