Becoming an Unwed Mother

A Sociological Account

AvPrudence Mors Rains

Häftad, Engelska, 2007

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Beskrivning

Most unmarried women who engage in sexual intercourse do not become unwed mothers; they use contraceptives, secure an abortion, or get married before the baby is born. What happens to the minority of women who bear illegitimate children? This book is the first study to describe in detail the actual situation of unwed motherhood, as opposed to the causes and pathology of deviance. Based largely on observation of middle-class white girls in a psychiatricallyoriented mater nity home and lower-class black teenagers in a day school for unwed mothers, the study focuses on the unwed mother's moral career as it is shaped by social agencies.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2007-07-15
Mått:152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:218
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Inc
ISBN:9780202309552

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Genusvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Prudence Mors Rains is retired professor of sociology at McGill University, Montreal. She graduated from Lake Forest College and received her graduate degrees from Northwestern University. She has been a recipient of a National Science Foundation dissertation research grant. Her professional interests lie in the areas of deviance and social control in regards to woman and youth as well as qualitative methods, specifically ethnography.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction; I: The Situation of Moral Jeopardy; 1: Sexual Careers; 2: Becoming an Unwed Mother; II: The Process of Moral Reinstatement; 3: Hawthorne House *; 4: The Moral Career of the Unwed Mother; III: Accommodations to Illegitimacy; 5: The Project; 6: The Moral Career of the Negro Unwed Mother; 7: Speculations: The Politics of Illegitimacy; Appendix: Methods