Table of Contents

1. Perceptions, Culture and Policy: A Racing-Gendering Perspective 2. Mythical Illusions: Cultural Images and Black Womanhood 3. Mammy is a Maniac: Black Women, Images, and Crime 4. You Better Work: ‘Rehabilitation’ and Welfare Policy 5. The Government’s ‘Make a Man Kit’: Family Policies 6. For Us by Us: Redefining Black Womanhood

About the Author

Julia S. Jordan-Zachery is Director of the Black Studies Program and Assistant Professor of Political Science, Providence College. Her research focuses on developing a critical policy analysis. Recent articles have appeared in Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society, National Political Science Review, Journal of Social Policy, Politics & Gender.