The politics of disgust : the public identity of the welfare queen / Ange-Marie Hancock.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hancock, Ange-Marie.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Welfare recipients--United States.

Welfare recipients.

Public welfare--United States.

Public welfare.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Winner of the 2006 Race, Ethnicity, and Politics Organized Section Best First Book Award from the American Political Science Association. Winner of the 2006 W.E.B. DuBois Book Award from the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. Ange-Marie Hancock argues that longstanding beliefs about poor African American mothers were the foundation for the contentious 1996 welfare reform debate that effectively ""ended welfare as we know it."" By examining the public identity of the so-called welfare queen and its role in hindering democratic deliberation, The Politics of Disgust shows how ster

Contents:

Introduction: The face of welfare reform

Political culture and the public identity of the "welfare queen"

The news media

Public discourse in Congress

Contending with the politics of disgust

The dual threat

Epilogue: Public identity and the politics of disgust in the new millennium.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-202) and index.

ISBN:

9780814773413

0814773419

9780814744611

0814744613

9781429414142

1429414146

OCLC:

779828143