Black women, cultural images, and social policy /
Jordan-Zachery, Julia S., 1971-
Black women, cultural images, and social policy / Julia S. Jordan-Zachery. - viii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Routledge studies in North American politics ; 2 . - Routledge studies in North American politics ; 2. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-210) and index.
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. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
"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."--Publisher description.
0415996783 9780415996785 0203883160 9780203883167
2008032570
African American women--Social conditions
African American women in popular culture
African American women--Government policy
E185.86 / .J673 2009
305.48896073
Black women, cultural images, and social policy / Julia S. Jordan-Zachery. - viii, 219 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Routledge studies in North American politics ; 2 . - Routledge studies in North American politics ; 2. .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-210) and index.
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. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
"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."--Publisher description.
0415996783 9780415996785 0203883160 9780203883167
2008032570
African American women--Social conditions
African American women in popular culture
African American women--Government policy
E185.86 / .J673 2009
305.48896073