Too Much Too Young? Revisiting Young Motherhood
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21795656 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rachel Thomson (0000-0002-3955-5818, University of Sussex, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2020-12-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in the Maternal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1759-0434 • E-ISSN: 1759-0434 |
| Publisher | Open Library of the Humanities (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.16995/sim.287 |
| OpenAlex | W3111274886 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
Part of a 10 year Anniversary issue this short paper reflects on a 30 year period in the UK where young motherhood moves from being a respectable working class practice into the ‘problem’ of teenage pregnancy, subsequently ‘solved’ and replaced by new categories of concern. Working with her own field notes generated as part of a sociological study of teenage sexuality carried out in Manchester in 1989, the author engages with awkwardness and resistance in the texts and reflects on the ambivalent place of motherhood in the feminist narratives of empowerment that shaped the enquiry
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |