This book analyzes why and in what circumstances teenage women become mothers. The author does not condemn early motherhood as a problem, but focuses on both positive and negative aspects of these women's experiences. A central part of the author's analysis are first-hand accounts by women who have become mothers before the age of twenty. Among other areas, she discusses the women's attitudes towards their pregnancy, towards men and marriage, and towards the social services upon which many young mothers rely. She also examines how the concept of teenage motherhood has been socially constructed and contrasts many of society's negative conceptions with the women's own personal perceptions and experiences.
- ISBN10 074560854X
- ISBN13 9780745608549
- Publish Date 29 November 1990
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 June 2000
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Polity Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 250
- Language English