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Not Our Kind of Girl: Unravelling the Myths of Black Teenage Motherhood
Contributor(s): Kaplan, Elaine Bell (Author), Hochschild, Arlie Russell (Preface by)

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ISBN: 0520208587     ISBN-13: 9780520208582
Publisher: University of California Press
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: August 1997
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Annotation: Teenage motherhood is a worrisome problem in America today, and the welfare system tends to spotlight the black teenage mom. Based on her own experience as an African-American teenage mother, sociologist Elaine Bell Kaplan dispels common perceptions of these young women by reassessing the class, gender, and racial factors that influence black teenagers to become mothers.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies
- Social Science | Women's Studies
- Family & Relationships | Parenting - Motherhood
Dewey: 306.874
LCCN: 96046709
Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.01" W x 8.97" L (0.83 lbs) 265 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
Features: Bibliography, Index
Review Citations: Library Journal 06/01/1997 pg. 122
 
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Publisher Description:
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.
 
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