Not Our Kind of Girl: Unravelling the Myths of Black Teenage Motherhood

by Elaine Bell Kaplan

Book Overview

One of the most worrisome images in America today is that of the teenage mother. For the African-American community, that image is especially troubling: All the problems of the welfare system seem to spotlight the black teenage mom. Elaine Bell Kaplan's affecting and insightful book dispels common perceptions of these young women. Her interviews with the women themselves, and with their mothers and grandmothers, provide a vivid picture of lives caught...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520208587
• ISBN13: 9780520208582
• Release Date: August 1997
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 265 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"