Invisibilisées et déconsidérées : autoreprésentations de personnes assistées sociales au Québec
This article presents the results of an analysis of self-representations formulated by 105 welfare recipients. These representations are discussed in light of conceptual and theoretical tools from the field of cultural studies. By doing so, alternative narratives to those commonly used in public and...
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2023-07-01
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| author | Normand Landry Anne Sophie Letellier Lena A. Hübner Anne-Marie Gagné Marie-Josée Dupuis |
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| description | This article presents the results of an analysis of self-representations formulated by 105 welfare recipients. These representations are discussed in light of conceptual and theoretical tools from the field of cultural studies. By doing so, alternative narratives to those commonly used in public and media discourse emerge to name, define, and problematize the experiences of welfare recipients in Quebec. The results identify the reasons leading to social assistance, the difficulties experienced by welfare recipients, as well as the economic strategies that they deploy on a daily basis. They also highlight the ability for creative autonomous action among welfare recipients and their complex relationships with social assistance and poverty. These self-representations of welfare recipients are contextualized within the framework of social assistance programs in effect in Quebec and by quantitative data on the profiles of recipients of these benefits. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b5ca3a9ae981479db48a93f5a2fd09422025-01-13T13:44:23ZengUniversité du Québec à MontréalCommuniquer2368-95872023-07-0136264710.4000/communiquer.10291Invisibilisées et déconsidérées : autoreprésentations de personnes assistées sociales au QuébecNormand LandryAnne Sophie LetellierLena A. HübnerAnne-Marie GagnéMarie-Josée DupuisThis article presents the results of an analysis of self-representations formulated by 105 welfare recipients. These representations are discussed in light of conceptual and theoretical tools from the field of cultural studies. By doing so, alternative narratives to those commonly used in public and media discourse emerge to name, define, and problematize the experiences of welfare recipients in Quebec. The results identify the reasons leading to social assistance, the difficulties experienced by welfare recipients, as well as the economic strategies that they deploy on a daily basis. They also highlight the ability for creative autonomous action among welfare recipients and their complex relationships with social assistance and poverty. These self-representations of welfare recipients are contextualized within the framework of social assistance programs in effect in Quebec and by quantitative data on the profiles of recipients of these benefits.https://journals.openedition.org/communiquer/10291Quebecwelfarepovertyself-representationsocial inequalities |
| spellingShingle | Normand Landry Anne Sophie Letellier Lena A. Hübner Anne-Marie Gagné Marie-Josée Dupuis Invisibilisées et déconsidérées : autoreprésentations de personnes assistées sociales au Québec Communiquer Quebec welfare poverty self-representation social inequalities |
| title | Invisibilisées et déconsidérées : autoreprésentations de personnes assistées sociales au Québec |
| title_full | Invisibilisées et déconsidérées : autoreprésentations de personnes assistées sociales au Québec |
| title_fullStr | Invisibilisées et déconsidérées : autoreprésentations de personnes assistées sociales au Québec |
| title_full_unstemmed | Invisibilisées et déconsidérées : autoreprésentations de personnes assistées sociales au Québec |
| title_short | Invisibilisées et déconsidérées : autoreprésentations de personnes assistées sociales au Québec |
| title_sort | invisibilisees et deconsiderees autorepresentations de personnes assistees sociales au quebec |
| topic | Quebec welfare poverty self-representation social inequalities |
| url | https://journals.openedition.org/communiquer/10291 |
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