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The politics of disgust : the public identity of the welfare queen
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- Creator
- Ange-Marie Hancock
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : New York University Press, [2004]
- ©2004
- Physical Details
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- xiii, 210 pages ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780814736586, 0814736580, 9780814736708, 081473670X
- OCLC
- ocm55228548
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-202) and index.
- Introduction : the face of welfare reform -- Political culture and the public identity of the "welfare queen" -- The news media : constructing the politics of disgust? -- Public discourse in congress : haunted by ghosts of "welfare queens" past -- Contending with the politics of disgust : public identity through welfare recipients' eyes -- The dual threat : the impact of public identity and the politics of disgust on Democratic deliberation -- Epilogue : public identity and the politics of disgust in the new millennium