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Record Nr.

UNINA9910962595303321

Autore

Dodson Lisa

Titolo

Don't call us out of name : the untold lives of women and girls in poor America / / Lisa Dodson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, Mass., : Beacon Press, c1998

ISBN

0-8070-4206-4

Descrizione fisica

x, 256 p

Disciplina

305.42/086/942

Soggetti

Poor women - United States

Poor children - United States

Welfare recipients - United States

Public welfare - United States

Women - United States - Social conditions

Women - United States - Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Daughters' Work -- Boyfriends, Love, and Sex -- Choice and Motherhood in Poor America -- Losses and Loathing in the Welfare Years -- Moving On: "Don't Call Me Out of Name" -- A Common Woman's Resistance -- Coda -- Notes -- Methodology -- Selected Bibliography -- Acknowledgments.

Sommario/riassunto

A profound portrait of the real lives of women living below the poverty line. The title comes from street vernacular: "Don't call me out of name" means don't label me something I'm not. "Brilliantly convey[s] the experiences and challenges of living in and coping with poverty. Don't Call Us Out of Name should be read by all people involved in the national dialogue on poverty and welfare in America, especially those with simplistic views about social deprivation." -William Julius Wilson, author of When Work Disappears