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Painful Inheritance is the first comprehensive examination of the impact of single motherhood on the physical and mental health of women and their children. Based on solid scientific information, it documents serious, long-term health consequences associated with the poverty and social disorganization in which such families often live.
Ronald J. Angel and Jacqueline L. Angel show that the elevated health risks associated with single motherhood are largely the result of factors related to social class, including early motherhood and chronic poverty. They demonstrate the dependency of single mothers and their children on health-related social welfare programs and document how under Social Security and Medicare the old have benefited economically at the expense of the young. Today, poverty is concentrated among families with children, a disproportionate number of which are fatherless. The evidence presented here makes it clear that the physical, mental, and social health consequences of that poverty will be felt by society for generations to come.
The Angels look at the potential consequences of legislative changes in health-related federal and state welfare programs, and they assess the effects that coming changes in the organization and financing of medical care will have on the health of poor, single women and their children. In revealing the complexity of the situation, Painful Inheritance communicates a clear message that the worsening economic circumstances of poor, minority fatherless families simply cannot be ignored if many members of our future generations are not to suffer some degree of physical or mental impairment.
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Ronald J. Angel and Jacqueline L. Angel show that the elevated health risks associated with single motherhood are largely the result of factors related to social class, including early motherhood and chronic poverty. They demonstrate the dependency of single mothers and their children on health-related social welfare programs and document how under Social Security and Medicare the old have benefited economically at the expense of the young. Today, poverty is concentrated among families with children, a disproportionate number of which are fatherless. The evidence presented here makes it clear that the physical, mental, and social health consequences of that poverty will be felt by society for generations to come.
The Angels look at the potential consequences of legislative changes in health-related federal and state welfare programs, and they assess the effects that coming changes in the organization and financing of medical care will have on the health of poor, single women and their children. In revealing the complexity of the situation, Painful Inheritance communicates a clear message that the worsening economic circumstances of poor, minority fatherless families simply cannot be ignored if many members of our future generations are not to suffer some degree of physical or mental impairment.
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Product Details
Publisher | University of Wisconsin Press |
Publish Date | December 15, 1993 |
Pages | 312 |
Language | English |
Type | |
EAN/UPC | 9780299167042 |
Dimensions | 9.0 X 6.0 X 0.7 inches | 0.9 pounds |
About the Author
James J. Berg is dean of social sciences and arts at College of the Desert, Palm Desert, California. Chris Freeman is lecturer of English at the University of Southern California.
Reviews
"The Isherwood Century allows us to see [Isherwood's] long and colorful life as an expression of the freedom to reinvent oneself."--Los Angeles Times
"A superb anthology, varied and informative. Here at last is a collection that matches my own enthusiasm for Isherwood's fiction and my own sense of his importance as an English writer. In fact, it is hard to read this book without pulling Isherwood volumes off my shelves. It is the book's triumph."--Lev Raphael, author of Dancing on Tisha B'av
"Certainly no other figure in my life made me feel more connected to a past I had never known and a future I had yet to realize."--Armistead Maupin, author of Tales of the City, from the foreword
"Isherwood's life and work have often been ignored by critics; even some of Isherwood's own kind--queer theorists, for example--have overlooked him. But the neglect is reversed by James J. Berg and Chris Freeman. Their volume's intelligent and warm-hearted collection of memoirs and essays begins a new era of rightful attention to Isherwood's greatness."--Robert L. Caserio, author of The Novel in England, 1900-1950
"The starting point for any consideration of Isherwood, his work, and his contribution to gay and lesbian arts and letters."--James Mandrell, Brandeis University
"This varied collection of interviews, memoirs, and essays constitutes a much deserved tribute to one of the twentieth century's most insightful observers of the human condition. The Isherwood Century provides eloquent testimony to Isherwood's continuing significance as artist, moralist, and courage-teacher."--Claude J. Summers, author of Christopher Isherwood
"While we have known Christopher Isherwood, the character, for many years through the books in which he appears, The Isherwood Century gives us new insights about Christopher Isherwood, the man. These insights reveal his generosity and record the openness and acceptance which made such a significant impact upon those he met."--Lisa M. Schwerdt, author of Isherwood's Fiction: The Self and Technique
"A superb anthology, varied and informative. Here at last is a collection that matches my own enthusiasm for Isherwood's fiction and my own sense of his importance as an English writer. In fact, it is hard to read this book without pulling Isherwood volumes off my shelves. It is the book's triumph."--Lev Raphael, author of Dancing on Tisha B'av
"Certainly no other figure in my life made me feel more connected to a past I had never known and a future I had yet to realize."--Armistead Maupin, author of Tales of the City, from the foreword
"Isherwood's life and work have often been ignored by critics; even some of Isherwood's own kind--queer theorists, for example--have overlooked him. But the neglect is reversed by James J. Berg and Chris Freeman. Their volume's intelligent and warm-hearted collection of memoirs and essays begins a new era of rightful attention to Isherwood's greatness."--Robert L. Caserio, author of The Novel in England, 1900-1950
"The starting point for any consideration of Isherwood, his work, and his contribution to gay and lesbian arts and letters."--James Mandrell, Brandeis University
"This varied collection of interviews, memoirs, and essays constitutes a much deserved tribute to one of the twentieth century's most insightful observers of the human condition. The Isherwood Century provides eloquent testimony to Isherwood's continuing significance as artist, moralist, and courage-teacher."--Claude J. Summers, author of Christopher Isherwood
"While we have known Christopher Isherwood, the character, for many years through the books in which he appears, The Isherwood Century gives us new insights about Christopher Isherwood, the man. These insights reveal his generosity and record the openness and acceptance which made such a significant impact upon those he met."--Lisa M. Schwerdt, author of Isherwood's Fiction: The Self and Technique
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