Unfit subjects : educational policy and the teen mother / Wanda S. Pillow.

By:

Pillow, Wanda S [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : RoutledgeFalmer, 2004Description: xiv, 257 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

0415944929
9780415944922
0415944937
9780415944939

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

373.1826947 22

LOC classification:

LB3433 .P55 2004

Contents:

Constructing teen pregnancy as a problem -- Title IX and the discursive climate of education for school-age mothers -- Schooling responses to teen mothers : absences, colds, and disabilities -- The teen mother as a student : who is she & what do schools do with her? -- The "dual-role" model of schooling the teen mother -- Incitement to discourse : talking about sex in abstinence-only education movements -- Education for teen mothers.

Summary: "Wanda Pillow presents a critical analysis of federal law and policy towards pregnant teens, representations of teen pregnancy in popular culture and the educational opportunities schools provide for school-aged mothers. Through in-depth analysis of specific policies and programs, both past and present, this book traces our successes and failures in educating pregnant teens. Unfit Subjects uses feminist, race, and poststructural theories to inform a satisfactory educational policy."--Publisher description.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Wanda Pillow presents a critical analysis of federal law and policy towards pregnant teens, representations of teen pregnancy in popular culture and the educational opportunities schools provide for school-aged mothers. Through in-depth analysis of specific policies and programs, both past and present, this book traces our successes and failures in educating pregnant teens. Unfit Subjects uses feminist, race, and poststructural theories to inform a satisfactory educational policy."--Publisher description.

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