The politics of disgust [electronic resource] : the public identity of the welfare queen / Ange-Marie Hancock.
Publication details: New York : New York University Press, c2004.Description: xiii, 210 p. : illISBN:- 0814736580 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 081473670X (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 362.5/82/0973 22
- HV95 .H256 2004eb

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-202) and index.
Introduction: The face of welfare reform -- Political culture and the public identity of the "welfare queen" -- The news media -- Public discourse in Congress -- Contending with the politics of disgust -- The dual threat -- Epilogue: Public identity and the politics of disgust in the new millennium.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.