21st century
A01=Mary Patrice Erdmans
A01=Timothy Black
Author_Mary Patrice Erdmans
Author_Timothy Black
biographical
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Category=JHBK
childhood
dropout rates
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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
teen pregnancy rates
tragic
young mothers
Product details
- ISBN 9780520283428
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 06 Feb 2015
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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.
Mary Patrice Erdmans is Associate Professor of Sociology at Case Western Reserve University. She is the author of The Grasinski Girls: The Choices They Had and the Choices They Made. Timothy Black is Associate Professor of Sociology at Case Western Reserve University. He is the author of When a Heart Turns Rock Solid: The Lives of Three Puerto Rican Brothers On and Off the Streets.
