{"product_id":"overthrowing-the-queen-telling-stories-of-welfare-in-america-paperback-softback-9780253048035","title":"Overthrowing the Queen; Telling Stories of Welfare in America (Paperback \/ softback) 9780253048035","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eOverthrowing the Queen\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTelling Stories of Welfare in America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTom Mould (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780253048035\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 25 August 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages, 22 color, 18 graph., 5 tab.\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.5 cm, 0.635 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Tom Mould's \u003ci\u003eOverthrowing the Queen: Telling Stories of Welfare in America \u003c\/i\u003eis a remarkable work, destined to be a folklore classic. Moving confidently among politics, history, and sociology, never losing sight of the power of narrative and the influence of tradition, Mould demonstrates the complex origins and effects of accounts of governmental support. Fair-minded and balanced, Mould recognizes that no one side holds the truth, but that recipients, providers, and citizens connect personal stories, legends, rumors, and ideology into a set of justice claims. The question of who deserves what is not simply a matter of ideology, but of belief in stories.\"——Gary Alan Fine, co-author of \u003ci\u003eWhispers on the Color Line: Rumor and Race in America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Is there common sense in a polarized America? Yes and no. This magisterial study uncovers the processes by which stereotyping narratives cross social divides and override facts, shaping public understandings of poverty that stigmatize recipients of government aid programs. Connecting the dots among \"welfare queen\" legends, recipient experiences, policy contradictions, campaign rhetoric, online debate, and neighborly conversations, Tom Mould shows how the postwar welfare state became an object of generalized suspicion and how the American Dream was narrowed into an ideal of solitary achievement that ultimately none of us can attain. His assessment of strategies for fighting false beliefs is both constructive and sobering.\"——Dorothy Noyes, author of \u003ci\u003eHumble Theory: Folklore's Grasp on Social Life\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003ci\u003e Overthrowing the Queen\u003c\/i\u003eis smart andcaptivating, beautifully researched, well argued, superbly documented, and well written. The volume contrasts legend, personalexperience narrative, social media, politics, statistics, propaganda, and policy related to issues ofwelfare use, teasing apart thearticulated experiences, interpretations, fears, and goals of both those who suspect abuse ofthe welfare system and those who have lived or worked within it. This book will appeal not only tofolklorists, anthropologists, and sociologists, but also topolitical scientists, economists, social workers, and policy wonks, shaping the conversation for decades to come.\"——Diane Goldstein, author of \u003ci\u003eOnce Upon a Virus: Aids Legends and Vernacular Risk Perception\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Mould brilliantly captures the importance of prejudices towards welfare and how these social misrepresentations can shape current policies on public assistance.\"—Eric Gagnon Poulin, \u003ci\u003eEthic and Racial Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"The title calls forth something promising, and the author does not disappoint.Any course on storytelling, oral history, or in disciplines such as Black studies or sociology should assign sections from this book.\"—Wade G. Addison - National University, \u003ci\u003eJournal of American Folklore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Of course, most folklorists are indifferent to the truth or falsity of a legend, as they understand that it is the process of spreading a story that makes it legendary. Mould does an extraordinary job examining the ins and outs of this debate. His book certainly contributes something to our understanding of the place of social welfare in contemporary culture, but it also offers a model for guiding future legend scholars.\"—Joel Best, University of Delaware, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Folklore Research Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1976, Ronald Reagan hit the campaign trail with an extraordinary account of a woman committing massive welfare fraud. The story caught fire and a devastating symbol of the misuse government programs was born: the Welfare Queen. \u003ci\u003eOverthrowing the Queen\u003c\/i\u003e examines these legends of fraud and abuse while bringing to light personal stories of hardship and hope told by cashiers, bus drivers, and business owners; politicians and aid providers; and, most important, aid recipients themselves. Together these stories reveal how the seemingly innocent act of storytelling can create not only powerful stereotypes that shape public policy, but also redemptive counter-narratives that offer hope of a more accurate, fair, and empathetic view of poverty in America today. \u003ci\u003eOverthrowing the Queen\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Section I: Welfare Legends: An American Tradition\u003cbr\u003e      Chapter 1: Introduction\u003cbr\u003e      Chapter 2: The Welfare System and Narrative Scholarship\u003cbr\u003e      Chapter 3: Birth in a Nation\u003cbr\u003e Section II: Insider Views: Aid Recipients' Stories \u003cbr\u003e      Chapter 4: Origin Stories\u003cbr\u003e      Chapter 5: Challenge Stories\u003cbr\u003e      Chapter 6: Making Ends Meet and Achieving Success Stories\u003cbr\u003e Section III: Public Debates: Clash of Cultures \u003cbr\u003e      Chapter 7: Symbols and Stereotypes\u003cbr\u003e      Chapter 8: Hard Workers and the Worthy Poor\u003cbr\u003e      Chapter 9: Welfare Lore in Social Media\u003cbr\u003e Section IV: Re-Envisioning Legends\u003cbr\u003e      Chapter 10: Context as Creator of Tradition\u003cbr\u003e      Chapter 11: Truth and Doubt in Contemporary Tradition\u003cbr\u003e      Chapter 12: Overthrowing the Queen\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Sources Cited\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52525311525144,"sku":"9780253048035","price":24.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/overthrowing-the-queen-telling-stories-of-welfare-in-america-paperback-softback-9780253048035","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}