Becoming an Unwed Mother : A Sociological Account Paperback / softback
by Prudence Mors Rains
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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.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:218 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication Date:15/07/2007
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- ISBN:9780202309552
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:218 pages
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication Date:15/07/2007
- Category:
- ISBN:9780202309552