Overthrowing the Queen : Telling Stories of Welfare in America.
By: Mould, Tom.
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BookPublisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2020Copyright date: �2020Edition: 1st ed.Description: 1 online resource (382 pages).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780253048066.Genre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 361.6/10973 Online resources: Click to View | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Item holds |
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Cover -- OVERTHROWING THE QUEEN -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- SECTION 1. Welfare Legends: An American Tradition -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Welfare System and Narrative Scholarship -- 3. Birth in a Nation -- SECTION 2. Insider Views: Aid Recipients' Stories -- 4. Origin Stories -- 5. Challenge Stories -- 6. Making-Ends-Meet and Achieving-Success Stories -- SECTION 3. Public Debates: Clash of Cultures -- 7. Symbols and Stereotypes -- 8. Hard Workers and the Worthy Poor -- 9. Welfare Lore in Social Media -- SECTION 4. Reenvisioning Legends -- 10. Context as Creator of Tradition -- 11. Truth and Doubt in Contemporary Legend -- 12. Overthrowing the Queen -- Epilogue -- Appendixes -- Works Cited -- Index.
Overthrowing the Queen tackles perceptions of welfare recipients while proposing new approaches to the study of oral narrative that extends far beyond the study of welfare, poverty, and social justice.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2023. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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