Adolescence, pregnancy and abortion : constructing a threat of degeneration
Why, despite evidence to the contrary, does the narrative of the negative consequences of teenage pregnancy, abortion and childbearing persist? This book outlines a critical view of 'teenage pregnancy' and abortion, arguing that the negativity surrounding early reproduction is underpinned...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge ,
c2011
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| Series: | Women and psychology
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Setting the scene
- 2. Adolescence as transition?
- 3. Conundrums : sex education, "teenage pregnancy", and decision-making in the context of abortion
- 4. Constructing a threat of degeneration : the invention of and research practices concerning the "social problem" of "teenage pregnancy"
- 5. Young women and legalized abortion : the new "social problem"
- 6. Othering : race, culture and "teenage pregnancy"/abortion
- 7. Managing the threat of degeneration
- 8. From "teenage pregnancy" to unwanted pregnancy