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Too much too young? Revisiting young motherhood

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posted on 2023-06-12, 09:38 authored by Rachel ThomsonRachel Thomson
Part of a 10 year Anniversary issue this short paper reflects on a 30 year period in the UK where young motherhood moves from being a respectable working class practice into the ‘problem’ of teenage pregnancy, subsequently ‘solved’ and replaced by new categories of concern. Working with her own field notes generated as part of a sociological study of teenage sexuality carried out in Manchester in 1989, the author engages with awkwardness and resistance in the texts and reflects on the ambivalent place of motherhood in the feminist narratives of empowerment that shaped the enquiry.

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Journal

Studies in the Maternal

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1759-0434

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Open Library of Humanities

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1

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13

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1-9

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  • Social Work and Social Care Publications

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  • Yes

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  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2020-12-11

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2020-12-11

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2020-12-10

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