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Author Hancock, Ange-Marie.

Title The politics of disgust [electronic resource] : the public identity of the welfare queen / Ange-Marie Hancock.

Imprint New York : New York University Press, c2004.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xiii, 210 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-202) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Welfare recipients -- United States.
Public welfare -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0814736580 (cloth : alk. paper)
081473670X (pbk. : alk. paper)

 
    
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