Not Our Kind of Girl

Kaplan, Elaine Bell

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“…In contrast to much of the literature regarding the lived experience of motherhood that describes a tremendous conflict that many women feel in assuming the motherhood role and a concomitant loss of personal autonomy (Jacobs & Mollborn, 2012;Sorbo, Beveridge, & Drapeau, 2009;Weaver & Ussher, 1997), the women in this study did not feel that motherhood took anything away from their personhood. In fact, the sentiments expressed by women in this cohort mirrored the thoughts of African American teen mothers interviewed by Kaplan (1997) who use motherhood as a means to meet emotional and spiritual needs that are not fulfilled by other relationships in their otherwise social intimacy impoverished environments. Motherhood provides the meaning and motivation for these women to keep going, in spite of great challenges in their lives.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 72%

Negotiating Peril

Burnett

Schminkey

Milburn

et al. 2015

Violence Against Women

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This qualitative study of 10 rural women examines their lived experience of intimate partner violence during pregnancy and the first 2 postpartum years. In-depth interviews occurred during pregnancy and 4 times postpartum. A Heideggerian approach revealed “negotiating peril” as the overarching theme; sub-themes were unstable environment, adaptive calibration, primacy of motherhood, and numb acceptance. Some incremental shifts in severity of abusive situations were observed. Results elucidate the ambivalence with which these women view institutions that are designed to help them. Findings highlight factors that may explain why interventions designed to help often do not appear efficacious in facilitating complete termination of an abusive situation.

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Negotiating Peril

Burnett

Schminkey

Milburn

et al. 2015

Violence Against Women

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“…In utilizing open-ended structured interviews, this project differs from formal ethnography, which is the usual methodological approach to the cultural analysis of the African American urban poor (Anderson 1990(Anderson , 1992(Anderson , 1994Aschenbrenner 1975;Hannerz 1969;Jankowski 1991;Kaplan 1997;Ladner 1971;Liebow 1967;Rainwater 1970;Schulz 1969;Stack 1974). By pursuing an approach that "gets into the heads" of the men more directly, this analysis also differs from ethnographic and other research on low-income African Americans that addresses the relationship of culture to mobility (in addition to that previously cited, this includes Harrell and Peterson 1992;Jencks and Peterson 1991;Lynn and McGeary 1990;Massey and Denton 1993;Mead 1986Mead , 1992Wilson 1987Wilson , 1996.…”

Section: Cultural Analysis and The Black Urban Poormentioning

confidence: 99%

The (Non)Accumulation of Capital: Explicating the Relationship of Structure and Agency in the Lives of Poor Black Men

Young

1999

Sociological Theory

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The concepts of habitus and capital are crucial in the research tradition of social and cultural reproduction. This article applies both terms to an analysis of aspects of the life histories of low-income African American men. In exploring how their past experiences relate to their present-day statuses as nonmobile individuals, this article also revisits and redefines the utility of habitus and capital as conceptual devices for the study of social inequality. It expands the empirical terrain covered by the concept of capital to include that which allows low-income individuals to manage their existence in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities while also hindering their mobility in the broader social world. One implication of this approach is an improved cultural analysis of low-income individuals. The improvement lies in that their behavior can be better understood as reflections of their readings of social reality, which are based upon the material and ideational resources that they have accumulated throughout their lives, and not simply as manifestations of flawed value-systems or normative orientations.

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“…Most (7 out of 9) of the women in this study argued that they placed little value on education before their pregnancies. Such lack of interest in school differs little from numerous findings on the low academic aspirations of women who become pregnant during adolescence (Kaplan, 1997;Luker, 1996;Williams, 1991). Additionally, the connections that they made between their low economic status and their lack of education also supports researchers' focus on the effect that low academic skills can have on teen mothers' economic success (Maynard, 1996;Whitman et al, 2001).…”

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Getting My Education: Teen Mothers’ Experiences in School before and after Motherhood

Zachry

2005

Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education

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In this study, I have examined how teenagers who become pregnant experience school and how their beliefs about school are affected by their pregnancy and motherhood. Using a grounded theory approach, the perspectives of 9 young mothers in a teen parents’ program were analyzed to determine how these women reflected on their educational experience both before and after their pregnancy and on how having a child may have affected their self-understanding, particularly in relation to their schooling. The overarching theme that arose from participants’ responses was that having a child substantially influenced their perspectives of both their schooling and their future. Although each stated that her pregnancy initially led her to drop out of school, the participants argued that having a child increased their interest in their education and pushed them to see how education would help them provide a better future for their children, increase their employment opportunities, and help them get off public assistance. In contrast to previous research, which has argued that teen motherhood puts women at a greater risk for school difficulties, this study reveals that motherhood may also be a factor in helping women reevaluate their perspective of school and school's importance for their lives.

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Not Our Kind of Girl

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Negotiating Peril

The (Non)Accumulation of Capital: Explicating the Relationship of Structure and Agency in the Lives of Poor Black Men

Getting My Education: Teen Mothers’ Experiences in School before and after Motherhood

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