Lennard J. Davis shows how â poornographyâ â distorted narratives of poverty written by and for the middle and upper classes â creates harmful and dangerous stereotypes that build barriers to social justice and change. To remedy this, Davis argues, poor people should write realistic depictions of themselves. Only then can the lived experience of poverty be more fully realized.
Lennard J. Davis shows how â poornographyâ â distorted narratives of poverty written by and for the middle and upper classes â creates harmful and dangerous stereotypes that build barriers to social justice and change. To remedy this, Davis argues, poor people should write realistic depictions of themselves. Only then can the lived experience of poverty be more fully realized.
Lennard J. Davis is Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois Chicago and the author of many books, including Enabling Acts: The Hidden Story of How the Americans with Disabilities Act Gave the Largest US Minority Its Rights.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface. What It’s All About? ix Introduction. Scenes from a Life and from Lives 1 Interchapter 1. Why Me? 21 1. How to Read This Book and How the Lives of the Poor Have Been Read, or Why You? 25 2. The Problem of Representing the Poor 42 3. Transclass: Endo- and Exo-writers 70 4. Biocultural Myths of the Poor Body 110 5. Female Sex Workers 153 6. The Encounter, or, the Object Talks Back 170 Interchapter 2. They Got It Right Now? 205 Conclusion. What Is to Be Done? Endings and Beginnings 219 Notes 231 Bibliography 253 Index
Preface. What It’s All About? ix Introduction. Scenes from a Life and from Lives 1 Interchapter 1. Why Me? 21 1. How to Read This Book and How the Lives of the Poor Have Been Read, or Why You? 25 2. The Problem of Representing the Poor 42 3. Transclass: Endo- and Exo-writers 70 4. Biocultural Myths of the Poor Body 110 5. Female Sex Workers 153 6. The Encounter, or, the Object Talks Back 170 Interchapter 2. They Got It Right Now? 205 Conclusion. What Is to Be Done? Endings and Beginnings 219 Notes 231 Bibliography 253 Index
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