Through this exploration the connection between textual representation and social productions of the "Real" become startlingly apparent.".

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography In this critically acclaimed true crime tale of "welfare queen" Linda Taylor, a Slate editor revea

Examining the popular myths and unseen realities of welfare, this study reveals the political power of folklore and the possibilities of storytelling. In 1976,

"Explores how American movies have portrayed poor and homeless people from the silent era to today"--Front jacket flap.

It's hard to imagine discussing welfare policy without discussing race, yet all too often this uncomfortable factor is avoided or simply ignored. Sometimes the