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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Jenna VinsonPublisher: Rutgers University Press Imprint: Rutgers University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.513kg ISBN: 9780813591018ISBN 10: 0813591015 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 11 December 2017 Recommended Age: From 18 to 99 years Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional & Vocational , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsThis myth-busting work rejects stigmatizing statistics and narratives about young motherhood that depict the young pregnant or parenting body as always only a problem. Young and young-of-color mothers emerge as fierce advocates for themselves and their children. Vinson includes voices and visions from within to tell new stories and to reveal new needs and possibilities for reproductive justice. --Adela C. Licona Director of the Institute for LGBT Studies, University of Arizona Embodying the Problem presents a refreshing and original argument that provides analysis of the language and visual rhetoric of public campaigns framing teenage motherhood as a problem and provides, in dramatic response, the unexplored concerns and resistant voices of teenage mothers themselves. --Barbara Tomlinson author of Feminism and Affect at the Scene of Argument This myth-busting work rejects stigmatizing statistics and narratives about young motherhood that depict the young pregnant or parenting body as always only a problem. Young and young-of-color mothers emerge as fierce advocates for themselves and their children. Vinson includes voices and visions from within to tell new stories and to reveal new needs and possibilities for reproductive justice. --Adela C. Licona Director of the Institute for LGBT Studies, University of Arizona Embodying the Problem presents a refreshing and original argument that provides analysis of the language and visual rhetoric of public campaigns framing teenage motherhood as a problem and provides, in dramatic response, the unexplored concerns and resistant voices of teenage mothers themselves. --Barbara Tomlinson author of Feminism and Affect at the Scene of Argument Through analyzing various ways that young mothers resist the harmful narratives about them and their children, Vinson's work binds data and stories to highlight how young parents simultaneously live within a stereotype and defy it at the same time. A considerably impressive work of original and erudite scholarship. --Midwest Book Review Draws on feminist and rhetorical theory in a study of the creation, circulation, and reception of often-stigmatizing discourse on teenage pregnancy and motherhood; also analyzes the narratives, in resistance, of teen mothers themselves. --Chronicle Far From 'Tragic' Author Jenna Vinson on the Misrepresentation of Young Mothers by Gloria Malone--Rewire Jenna Vinson's Book Counters Doom-and-Gloom Narrative by Katharine Webster Q&A with author--UMass Lowell News Through analyzing various ways that young mothers resist the harmful narratives about them and their children, Vinson's work binds data and stories to highlight how young parents simultaneously live within a stereotype and defy it at the same time. --Rewire Vinson's book reveals how feminist rhetorical activism shifts conversations at local and national levels about what society considers to be an appropriate age for motherhood and in doing so, provides a rewarding reading experience both for scholarly purposes and for the simple pleasure of enjoying a well-written and carefully researched book. --Rhetoric Society Quarterly All in all, Embodying the Problem is a powerful and important contribution to feminist rhetorical studies and to medical rhetoric. --Rhetoric Review English professor publishes new book on shaming young mothers by Jessica Kergo feature on book--UMass Lowell Connector Jenna Vinson's Embodying the Problem spotlight--The Page 99 Test This myth-busting work rejects stigmatizing statistics and narratives about young motherhood that depict the young pregnant or parenting body as always only a problem. Young and young-of-color mothers emerge as fierce advocates for themselves and their children. Vinson includes voices and visions from within to tell new stories and to reveal new needs and possibilities for reproductive justice. --Adela C. Licona Director of the Institute for LGBT Studies, University of Arizona Embodying the Problem presents a refreshing and original argument that provides analysis of the language and visual rhetoric of public campaigns framing teenage motherhood as a problem and provides, in dramatic response, the unexplored concerns and resistant voices of teenage mothers themselves. --Barbara Tomlinson author of Feminism and Affect at the Scene of Argument A considerably impressive work of original and erudite scholarship. --Midwest Book Review Draws on feminist and rhetorical theory in a study of the creation, circulation, and reception of often-stigmatizing discourse on teenage pregnancy and motherhood; also analyzes the narratives, in resistance, of teen mothers themselves. --Chronicle Far From 'Tragic' Author Jenna Vinson on the Misrepresentation of Young Mothers by Gloria Malone--Rewire Jenna Vinson's Book Counters Doom-and-Gloom Narrative by Katharine Webster Q&A with author--UMass Lowell News Through analyzing various ways that young mothers resist the harmful narratives about them and their children, Vinson's work binds data and stories to highlight how young parents simultaneously live within a stereotype and defy it at the same time. --Rewire English professor publishes new book on shaming young mothers by Jessica Kergo feature on book--UMass Lowell Connector Jenna Vinson's Embodying the Problem spotlight--The Page 99 Test This myth-busting work rejects stigmatizing statistics and narratives about young motherhood that depict the young pregnant or parenting body as always only a problem. Young and young-of-color mothers emerge as fierce advocates for themselves and their children. Vinson includes voices and visions from within to tell new stories and to reveal new needs and possibilities for reproductive justice. --Adela C. Licona Director of the Institute for LGBT Studies, University of Arizona Embodying the Problem presents a refreshing and original argument that provides analysis of the language and visual rhetoric of public campaigns framing teenage motherhood as a problem and provides, in dramatic response, the unexplored concerns and resistant voices of teenage mothers themselves. --Barbara Tomlinson author of Feminism and Affect at the Scene of Argument Author InformationJENNA VINSON is an assistant professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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