Description: Not Our Kind of Girl : Unraveling the Myths of Black Teenage Motherhood, Paperback by Kaplan, Elaine Bell; Hochschild, Arlie Russell (FRW), ISBN 0520208587, ISBN-13 9780520208582, Brand New, Free shipping in the US 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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Book Title: Not Our Kind of Girl : Unraveling the Myths of Black Teenage Moth
Number of Pages: 265 Pages
Publication Name: Not Our Kind of Girl : Unravelling the Myths of Black Teenage Motherhood
Language: English
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication Year: 1997
Subject: Discrimination & Race Relations, Gender Studies, Pregnancy & Childbirth, Life Stages / Adolescence, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Item Height: 0.1 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Author: Elaine Bell Kaplan
Subject Area: Family & Relationships, Health & Fitness, Social Science
Item Length: 0.9 in
Item Width: 0.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
