Becoming an Unwed Mother: A Sociological Account

ISBN-13: 9781138519268 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 218 str.

Prudence Mors Rains

Opis

Most unmarried women who engage in sexual intercourse do not become unwed mothers; they use contraceptives, secure an abortion, or get married. What happens to the minority of women who bear illegitimate children? This book presents a study to describe the actual situation of unwed motherhood, as opposed to the causes and pathology of deviance.

Spis treści

Introduction; I: The Situation of Moral Jeopardy; 1: Sexual Careers; 2: Becoming an Unwed Mother; II: The Process of Moral Reinstatement; 3: Hawthorne House *; 4: The Moral Career of the Unwed Mother; III: Accommodations to Illegitimacy; 5: The Project; 6: The Moral Career of the Negro Unwed Mother; 7: Speculations: The Politics of Illegitimacy; Appendix: Methods

O autorze

Prudence Mors Rains