Books and babies: pregnancy and young parents in schools
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2012
TITLE EDITOR(S): R.Morrell, D.Bhana, T.Shefer
KEYWORDS: PREGNANCY, SCHOOL CHILDREN, TEENAGE FATHERHOOD, TEENAGE PREGNANCY
Web link: https://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/books/books-and-babies
Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 7310
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/3370
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3370
TITLE EDITOR(S): R.Morrell, D.Bhana, T.Shefer
KEYWORDS: PREGNANCY, SCHOOL CHILDREN, TEENAGE FATHERHOOD, TEENAGE PREGNANCY
Web link: https://www.hsrcpress.ac.za/books/books-and-babies
Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 7310
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/3370
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/3370
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Abstract
Being pregnant and a young parent in South African schools is not easy. Books and Babies examines why this is the case. Drawing on both quantitative and qualitative research conducted in secondary schools in Durban and Cape Town, the book explores how teachers and principals respond to the presence of pregnant learners and young parents in school, and surveys the attitudes of fellow learners towards them. Interviews with the young parents themselves yield rich narratives which, accompanied by a visual essay, invite the reader into their lives as they confront the demands of pregnancy, parenting and school. Books and Babies provides a finely textured analysis of these demands and shows the on-going need to challenge the unequal and gendered load of pregnancy and parenting, both in schools and the broader social context.-
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