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To be a young mother is almost by definition to be considered an
"unfit" mother. Thus, it is not surprising that young Canadian,
U.S. and Australian mothers are often scorned, stigmatized and
monitored. This is a book about being young, being a mother, and
grappling with what it means to inhabit these two complex social
positions. This book critiques the dominant, negative construction
of young motherhood. Contributors reject the notion that the
"ideal" mother is a 30ish, white, middle-class, able-bodied,
married, heterosexual woman situated in a nuclear family. This
collection privileges the insights and stories of a diverse array
of young mothers such as; a young mother coerced into giving her
child up for a adoption, a young queer mother who has been
parenting a child borne by her trans partner and who is now
pregnant herself and many more. The tales analyzed and recounted in
the collection record experiences of pain and joy, frustration and
success, struggle and resistance, oppression and empowerment. We
invite readers to hear the all too often silenced stories of young
mothers, to learn what prevents and what allows these mothers to
lead lives of grit, determination, authenticity, and agency as they
strive to lovingly care for themselves, their children, and in many
cases, other young mothers.
As the fastest growing prison population worldwide, more and more
women are living in cages and most of them are mothers. This
alarming trend has huge ramifications for women, children and
communities across the globe. Empathy for mothers behind bars and
concern for criminalized mothers in the community is in short
supply. Mothers are criminalized for their vulnerabilities and for
making unpopular but difficult choices under material and
ideological conditions not of their own choosing. Criminalized
Mothers, Criminalizing Mothering shines a spotlight on mothers who
are, by law or social regulation, criminalized and examines their
troubles and triumphs. This book offers a critical and
compassionate lens on social (in)justice, mass incarceration, and
collective miseries women experience (i.e., economic inequality,
gendered violence, devalued care work, lone-parenting etc.). This
book is also about mothers' encounters with systems of control,
confinement, and criminalization, but also their experiences of
care.
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