Not Our Kind of Girl
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african american
african american studies
Author_Elaine Bell Kaplan
black
black community
black culture
black teen mom
black teenagers
black teens
black women
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ethnic studies
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feminism
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media
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poverty
pregnancy
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race
racism
sex
sex education
single parent
social issues
sociology
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teen girls
teen mom
teen pregnancy
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welfare
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women studies
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Product details
- ISBN 9780520208582
- Weight: 363g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 26 Aug 1997
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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One of the most worrisome images in America today is that of the teenage mother. For the African-American community, that image is especially troubling: All the problems of the welfare system seem to spotlight the black teenage mom. Elaine Bell Kaplan's affecting and insightful book dispels common perceptions of these young women. Her interviews with the women themselves, and with their mothers and grandmothers, provide a vivid picture of lives caught in the intersection of race, class, and gender. Kaplan challenges the assumption conveyed in the popular media that the African-American community condones teen pregnancy, single parenting, and reliance on welfare. Especially telling are the feelings of frustration, anger, and disappointment expressed by the mothers and grandmothers Kaplan interviewed. And in listening to teenage mothers discuss their problems, Kaplan hears first-hand of their misunderstandings regarding sex, their fraught relationships with men, and their difficulties with the educational system--all factors that bear heavily on their status as young parents.
Kaplan's own experience as an African-American teenage mother adds a personal dimension to this book, and she offers substantial proposals for rethinking and reassessing the class factors, gender relations, and racism that influence black teenagers to become mothers.
Elaine Bell Kaplan is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Southern California.
