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 Whose Welfare? $21.00 Over the past few decades, the goal of welfare reform has been to move poor families off of welfare, not necessarily out of poverty. By that criterion, the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 has been successful indeed: throughout the nation, millions have vanished from the welfare rolls. But what has been the cost of this "success" to the women and children who were the overwhelming majority of recipients? Here a group of distinguished feminist scholars examines the causes and the impact of recent changes in welfare policy. Some of the authors trace the politics of welfare from the 1960s, emphasizing how attitudes toward "motherwork" and "working mothers" have evolved in the backlash against poor women's motherhood. Several other authors consider the effects of the new welfare policy on employment and wages, on the lives of noncitizen immigrants, on poor women's ability to escape domestic violence, and on their reproductive and parental rights. A third set of authors explores dependency and caregiving, along with the role of feminist thinking on these issues in the politics of welfare. Whose Welfare? concludes with a historical analysis of activism among poor women. By illuminating that legacy, the volume challenges readers to build progressive agendas from the demands and actions of poor and working-class women. Contributors Mimi Abramovitz, Hunter College Eileen Boris, University of Virginia Lynn Fujiwara, University of California, Santa Cruz Eve Feder Kittay, State University of New York, Stony Brook Demie Kurz, University of Pennsylvania Gwendolyn Mink, University of California, Santa Cruz Nancy Naples, University of California, Irvine Frances Fox Piven, City University of New York Dorothy Roberts, Northwestern University Rickie Solinger, Denver, CO  Poetic Architecture: A series of twelve progressively more difficult quizzes, with two unexpected pieces of correspondence, dedicated to the onceptual ... whose artfully designed program guide, $16.00 Am I writing this? Maybe I am, and maybe I'm not. I'm a Conceptual Poet, after all... Let me just say that I have shared these "Quizzes" with a few of my fellow Conceptual poets (including Charles "Chuckles" Bernstein and Christian "The Bible" Bok), and we all agree they are worthless sophomoric exercises--a fact hardly surprising, since Kent Johnson's resentment-filled forays over the past few years are consistently shallow, misinformed, and shrill. (And hey, Kent, by the way, speaking of , I see that you have 'd the book! What's up with that , Mr. Pure? Care to explain??) In other words, and at the risk of sounding extreme, I strongly encourage readers to ignore this ridiculous piece of attention-seeking dilettantish drivel. Now, let's get on with the real work. ?Kenneth Goldsmith |
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