Title Black women, cultural images, and social policy / Julia S. Jordan-Zachery

Published New York : Routledge, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 219 pages) : illustrations Series Routledge studies in North American politics ; 2 Routledge studies in North American politics ; 2. Contents Perceptions, culture and policy : a racing-gendering perspective -- Mythical illusions : cultural images and black womanhood -- mammy is a maniac : black women, images and crime -- You better work : "rehabilitation" and welfare policy -- The government's "make a man kit" : family policies -- For us by us : redefining black womanhood Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-210) and index Notes Print version record Subject African American women -- Social conditions African American women in popular culture. African American women -- Government policy SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Women's Studies. African American women in popular culture African American women -- Social conditions Form Electronic book ISBN 9780203883167 0203883160

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