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Author:

Davis, Dána-Ain, 1958-

Title:

Battered Black women and welfare reform : between a rock and a hard place / Dána-Ain Davis.

Publisher:

State University of New York Press,

Copyright Date:

c2006

Description:

xiv, 215 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Abused women--United States.
Welfare recipients--United States.
African American women.
Public welfare--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-207) and index.

Contents:

Three women -- Regulating women's lives -- Oh sister, shelter me -- Ceremonies of degradation -- No magic in the market : mandatory work and training programs -- The theater of maternal and child-care politics -- There's no place (like home) -- Strategic missions -- Meticulous rituals of power and structural violence.

Series:

SUNY series in African American studies

ISBN:

9780791468449 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0791468445 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780791468432 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0791468437 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2005025792

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)

PQAX094 -- Wartburg College - Vogel Library (Waverly)