Embodying the Problem : : The Persuasive Power of the Teen Mother /

Embodying the Problem : : The Persuasive Power of the Teen Mother / / Jenna Vinson.

The dominant narrative of teen pregnancy persuades many people to believe that a teenage pregnancy always leads to devastating consequences for a young woman, her child, and the nation in which they reside. Jenna Vinson draws on feminist and rhetorical theory to explore how pregnant and mothering te...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Rutgers University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Vinson, Jenna,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2017]
©2018
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.) :; 9 figures
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface: Embodying the Problem
  • 1. The Role of the Teen Mother in Narratives of Teenage Pregnancy
  • 2. Seeing Is Believing: How Visual Representations of Women Established the Problem of Teenage Pregnancy
  • 3. Challenging Experts, Commonplaces, and Statistics: Teen Mothers' Counter-narratives
  • 4. Resisting Stigmatizing Pregnancy Prevention Initiatives: The #NoTeenShame Campaign
  • 5. Confronting the Stranger on the Street: Embodied Exigence in Everyday Rhetorical Situations
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Appendix A #NoTeenShame
  • Appendix B
  • Appendix C
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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