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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Edin, Kathryn (1962-....)
Kefalas, Maria
Titre(s) : Promises I can keep [Texte imprimé] : why poor women put motherhood before marriage / Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas ; with a new preface
Édition : [New ed.]
Publication : Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press, 2011
Description matérielle : XII-293 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Comprend : "Before we had a baby..." ; "When I got pregnant..." ; How does the dream die? ;
What marriage means ; Labor of love ; How motherhood changed my life ; Conclusion
: Making sense of single motherhood.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-285) and index
Millie Acevedo bore her first child before the age of 16 and dropped out of high school
to care for her newborn. Now 27, she is the unmarried mother of three and is raising
her kids in one of Philadelphia's poorest neighborhoods. Would she and her children
be better off if she had waited to have them and had married their father first? Why
do so many poor American youth like Millie continue to have children before they can
afford to take care of them? Over a span of five years, sociologists Kathryn Edin
and Maria Kefalas talked in-depth with 162 low-income single moms like Millie to learn
how
Sujet(s) : Mères célibataires -- Philadelphie (Pa., États-Unis)
Femmes pauvres -- Philadelphie (Pa., États-Unis)
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780520271463 (pbk.). - ISBN 0520271467 (pbk.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42606353n
Notice n° :
FRBNF42606353
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)