The Shame Game: Overturning the Toxic Poverty Narrative by Mary O'Hara

The Shame Game: Overturning the Toxic Poverty Narrative

Mary O'Hara

366 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction historical politics sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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What does it mean to be poor? For decades the dominant narrative in the United States and United Kingdom has been that it is caused by personal flaws, or bad life decisions. People living in poverty have been depicted as lazy, dependent, and irres...

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