Discourses of Good Motherhood and the Policing of Young Parenthood

IF 1.1 4区社会学 Q3 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Women & Criminal Justice Pub Date : 2020-03-30 DOI:10.1080/08974454.2020.1741486

A. Váradi, Rebecca Raby, C. Tardif-Williams

引用次数: 2

Abstract

Abstract Within a neoliberal context, youth pregnancy continues to be socially recognized as an individualized mistake, influencing young mothers by shaping and constraining their actions and lifestyle choices. Utilizing a Foucauldian and poststructural feminist lens, and drawing on interviews with 11 young mothers, this research examines how, where, and why young mothers experience forms of policing. Participants conceptualized “good” motherhood through two qualities—“being there” and “taking care of herself too”—which simultaneously reproduce and resist hegemonic discourses related to normative mothering and neoliberalism. Findings also reveal how real and perceived instances of judgement resulted in young mothers’ policing and/or self-policing.

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好母亲的话语和年轻父母的监管

在新自由主义背景下，青少年怀孕继续被社会认为是一种个性化的错误，通过塑造和限制年轻母亲的行为和生活方式选择来影响她们。利用福柯式和后结构女权主义的视角，并通过对11位年轻母亲的采访，本研究探讨了年轻母亲如何、在哪里以及为什么经历各种形式的监管。参与者通过两种品质将“好”母性概念化——“在那里”和“照顾好自己”——这两种品质同时再现并抵制与规范母性和新自由主义相关的霸权话语。调查结果还揭示了真实的和可感知的判断是如何导致年轻母亲维持治安和/或自我维持治安的。

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Women & Criminal Justice Multiple-

CiteScore

2.60

自引率

10.00%

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期刊介绍： Women & Criminal Justice is the only periodical devoted specifically to scholarly interdisciplinary and international research on all concerns related to women and criminal justice. It provides scholars with a single forum devoted to this critical specialty area in the fields of criminal justice, human rights, law, politics, sociology, social work, and women"s studies. Both qualitative and quantitative studies are welcomed, as are studies that test theories about women as victims, professionals and offenders.