Black Women, Cultural Images and Social Policy

Informationen zum Autor Julia S. Jordan-Zachery is Director of the Black Studies Program and Assistant Professor of Political Science, Providence College. Her research focuses on developing a critical policy analysis. Recent articles have appeared in Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society, National Political Science Review, Journal of Social Policy, Politics & Gender. Klappentext This book examines the racing-gendering process of policy making to show how relations of power and forms of inequality are discursively constructed and impact the lives of African American women. Zusammenfassung This book examines the racing-gendering process of policy making to show how relations of power and forms of inequality are discursively constructed and impact the lives of African American women. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Perceptions, Culture and Policy: A Racing-Gendering Perspective 2. Mythical Illusions: Cultural Images and Black Womanhood 3. Mammy is a Maniac: Black Women, Images, and Crime 4. You Better Work: ‘Rehabilitation’ and Welfare Policy 5. The Government’s ‘Make a Man Kit’: Family Policies 6. For Us by Us: Redefining Black Womanhood

Product details

• Authors: Julia S Jordan-Zachery, Julia S. Jordan-Zachery, Julia S. (Providence College Jordan-Zachery, Jordan-Zachery Julia S.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.11.2010
• EAN: 9780415884709
• ISBN: 978-0-415-88470-9
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Routledge Studies in North Ame; Routledge Studies in North American Politics; Routledge Studies in North American Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Ethnic Studies, History, Media Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, Humanities, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Political campaigning & advertising, The Americas, Political campaigning and advertising