Description
Book SynopsisOverthrowing 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.
Trade ReviewMould brilliantly captures the importance of prejudices towards welfare and how these social misrepresentations can shape current policies on public assistance.
-- Eric Gagnon Poulin * Ethic and Racial Studies *
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Section I: Welfare Legends: An American Tradition
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: The Welfare System and Narrative Scholarship
Chapter 3: Birth in a Nation
Section II: Insider Views: Aid Recipients' Stories
Chapter 4: Origin Stories
Chapter 5: Challenge Stories
Chapter 6: Making Ends Meet and Achieving Success Stories
Section III: Public Debates: Clash of Cultures
Chapter 7: Symbols and Stereotypes
Chapter 8: Hard Workers and the Worthy Poor
Chapter 9: Welfare Lore in Social Media
Section IV: Re-Envisioning Legends
Chapter 10: Context as Creator of Tradition
Chapter 11: Truth and Doubt in Contemporary Tradition
Chapter 12: Overthrowing the Queen
Epilogue
Appendix
Notes
Sources Cited
