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On becoming a teen mom : life before pregnancy / / Mary Patrice Erdmans and Timothy Black



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Autore: Erdmans Mary Patrice Visualizza persona
Titolo: On becoming a teen mom : life before pregnancy / / Mary Patrice Erdmans and Timothy Black Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Oakland, California : , : University of California Press, , 2015
©2015
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (915 p.)
Disciplina: 306.874/32
Soggetto topico: Teenage pregnancy - United States
Teenage girls - United States - Social conditions
Soggetto non controllato: 21st century
biographical
childhood
dropout rates
ethnographers
ethnography
gender issues
incarceration
moral order
motherhood
new parents
new york city
nonfiction
partner violence
poverty cycle
public education campaigns
race and class issues
school dropouts
school failure
sexual abuse
social inequalities
sociologists
sociology
teen moms
teen mothers
teen parents
teen pregnancy rates
teen pregnancy
tragic
young mothers
Persona (resp. second.): BlackTimothy
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Backstory to the Baby -- Chapter 1. The Distraction -- Chapter 2. Young Young Mothers -- Chapter 3. Child Sexual Abuse -- Chapter 4. Violence against Women -- Chapter 5. Education -- Chapter 6. Contraception and Abortion -- Conclusion: Getting beyond the Distraction -- Appendix A: Listening to Life Stories -- Appendix B: Tables -- Notes -- References -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: In 2013, New York City launched a public education campaign with posters of frowning or crying children saying such things as "I'm twice as likely not to graduate high school because you had me as a teen" and "Honestly, Mom, chances are he won't stay with you." Campaigns like this support a public narrative that portrays teen mothers as threatening the moral order, bankrupting state coffers, and causing high rates of poverty, incarceration, and school dropout. These efforts demonize teen mothers but tell us nothing about their lives before they became pregnant. In this myth-shattering book, the authors tell the life stories of 108 brown, white, and black teen mothers, exposing the problems in their lives often overlooked in pregnancy prevention campaigns. Some stories are tragic and painful, marked by sexual abuse, partner violence, and school failure. Others depict "girl next door" characters whose unintended pregnancies lay bare insidious gender disparities. Offering a fresh perspective on the links between teen births and social inequalities, this book demonstrates how the intersecting hierarchies of gender, race, and class shape the biographies of young mothers.
Titolo autorizzato: On becoming a teen mom  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-520-28342-2
0-520-95928-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910807442703321
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