Koffman, Ofra (2013) A healthier and more hopeful person: illegitimacy, mental disorder and the improved prognosis of the adolescent mother. Journal of Medical Humanities, online. pp. 1-14. ISSN 1041-3545
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This paper aims to contribute to the exploration of the shift from a problematisation of ‘unwed motherhood’ to ‘teenage motherhood’ in late twentieth century Britain. It does so by exploring the dominant social scientific understanding of ‘unwed mothers’ during the 1950s and 1960s which suggested that these women suffered from a psychological disorder. I then analyse the conceptualisation of ‘adolescent unwed mothers’ exploring why professionals deemed them to be less disturbed than older women in their predicament. This finding is discussed in light of contemporary social scientific concern with adolescent motherhood.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://link.springer.com/journal/10912 |
| Additional Information: | © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York |
| Divisions: | Media and Communications |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Feb 2014 11:13 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2024 00:29 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/55698 |
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