In the early 20th century many spaces of female sociability in Spain were characterised by the creation of habits, dispositions and forms of knowledge in University women. One of those spaces was the so-called Residencia de Senoritas [the Young Women’ Hall of Residence], founded in 1915. This institution developed tutelary practices for the education of women that went to Madrid to undertake University studies. As part of the residents’ training in refined behaviour and politeness rules, the cultivation of certain reading practices were considered a legitimate and useful aim by the educators. Following historical, social and anthropological studies that depart from a consideration that universalizes these reading practices, this essay uses a gender perspective to analyse the shaping of female readership in the context of the Hall of Residence’s Library (1915–1936). The library is understood as a space that provides and sustains reading as a practice set in a network of processes of social and cultural differentiation.

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“在有用和美丽之间”：Residencia de Señoritas（1930-1936）中的阅读、权力和乐趣

在 20 世纪初，西班牙的许多女性社交空间的特点是在大学女性中创造了习惯、性情和知识形式。其中一个空间就是所谓的 Residencia de Senoritas [青年妇女宿舍]，成立于 1915 年。该机构为前往马德里进行大学学习的妇女的教育制定了监护做法。作为对居民进行精细行为和礼貌规则培训的一部分，教育者认为培养某些阅读习惯是合法和有用的目标。遵循历史、社会和人类学研究，这些研究偏离了将这些阅读实践普遍化的考虑，本文使用性别视角来分析宿舍图书馆（1915-1936）背景下女性读者群的形成。图书馆被理解为一个空间，它提供和维持阅读作为一种在社会和文化分化过程网络中设置的实践。