1st Edition

Reconceiving Black Adolescent Pregnancy

By Elizabeth Merrick Copyright 2001
108 Pages
by Routledge

112 Pages
by Routledge

112 Pages
by Routledge

Images of pregnant Black teenagers and single Black mothers are plentiful in the media and popular culture. These representations have fueled debates on the need for welfare reform and have focused public attention on adolescent pregnancy among Black Americans. In Reconceiving Black Adolescent Pregnancy, Elizabeth Merrick presents a new understanding of childbearing and adolescent development... Read more
Introduction , The Participants , Desire and Denial , Abandonment and Difference , Balancing Hope and Pragmatism , Confronting Difference , Seeming Contradictions , Implications for an Alternative Developmental Model

Biography

Elizabeth Merrick