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Overthrowing the Queen: Telling Stories of Welfare in America

Autor Tom Mould
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 24 aug 2020
Overthrowing the Queen tackles perceptions of welfare recipients while proposing new approaches to the study of oral narrative that extend far beyond the study of welfare, poverty, and social justice.
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ISBN-13: 9780253048035
ISBN-10: 0253048036
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 155 x 231 x 28 mm
Greutate: 0.61 kg
Editura: INDIANA UNIV PR

Notă biografică

Tom Mould is Professor of Anthropology and Folklore at Butler University. He is the author of Still, the Small Voice: Narrative, Personal Revelation, and the Mormon Folk Tradition, Choctaw Prophecy: A Legacy of the Future, and Choctaw Tales.

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Acknowledgments

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