| Becoming an Unwed Mother: A Sociological Account Contributor(s): Rains, Prudence Mors (Author) |
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ISBN: 113851926X ISBN-13: 9781138519268 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - Marriage & Family |
| Physical Information: (1.02 lbs) 218 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |