{"product_id":"poor-things-how-those-with-money-depict-those-without-it-paperback","title":"Poor Things: How Those with Money Depict Those without It - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLennard J. Davis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor generations most of the canonical works that detail the lives of poor people have been created by rich or middle-class writers like Charles Dickens, John Steinbeck, or James Agee. This has resulted in overwhelming depictions of poor people as living abject, violent lives in filthy and degrading conditions. In \u003ci\u003ePoor Things\u003c\/i\u003e, Lennard J. Davis labels this genre \"poornography\" distorted narratives of poverty written by and for the middle and upper classes. Davis shows how poornography 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, but because of representational inequality they cannot. Given the obstacles to the poor accessing the means of publication, Davis suggests that the work should, at least for now, be done by \"transclass\" writers who were once poor and who can accurately represent poverty without relying on stereotypes and clich?s. Only then can the lived experience of poverty be more fully realized.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLennard J. Davis is Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eEnabling Acts: The Hidden Story of How the Americans with Disabilities Act Gave the Largest US Minority Its Rights\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 15, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51773321478432,"sku":"9781478031024","price":45.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/67865238cd3e58c18ae5d8353dad8f10_ffca8e77-3e6d-41da-a57b-b2979ce58cbd.webp?v=1780424356","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/poor-things-how-those-with-money-depict-those-without-it-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}