Review
Very much as Christopher Martin does in Framed! Labor and the Corporate Media (CH, Jun'04), Gring-Pemble demonstrates that the way an issue is presented strongly influences the way it is handled. The present volume goes beyond Framed! in that the author applies sophisticated rhetorical theory to her subject. The "fairy tales" of the title are the anecdotal "evidence" used by politicians to justify welfare policy decisions....Essential. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty; professionals; general readers.Choice


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Gring-Pemble analyzes congressional hearings and debates on welfare to understand the role of language in framing welfare policy and contemporary welfare discussions. She reviews welfare history in the United States and provides a rhetorical analysis of welfare deliberations.

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Gring-Pemble analyzes congressional hearings and debates on welfare to understand the role of language in framing welfare policy and contemporary welfare discussions. She reviews welfare history in the United States and provides a rhetorical analysis of welfare deliberations.

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