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Enduring shame : a recent history of unwed pregnancy and righteous reproduction /

"It was not long ago that unmarried pregnant women in the US hid in maternity homes and relinquished their "illegitimate" child to a more "deserving" two-parent family-all in the name of keeping secret a shameful pregnancy. While times and practices have changed, reproductiv...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Adams, Heather Brook (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia, South Carolina : University of South Carolina Press, [2022]
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Sex, Shame, and Rhetoric
  • One Unwed Pregnancy and Radial Rhetorics of Shame
  • Two New Permissiveness, Stigma, and Unwed Pregnancy in the Early 1970s
  • Three Macrochange, Reproductive Agency, and the Stickiness of Shame
  • Four Rhetorical Blame and Pregnant Teens in the Late 1970s
  • Conclusion: The Legacies of Righteous Reproduction
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index