Adolescence, pregnancy, and abortion constructing a threat of degeneration / Catriona Macleod.

Author/creator Macleod, Catriona
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York, NY : Routledge,
Descriptionxi, 168 p. ; 22 cm.
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Contents Setting the scene -- Adolescence as transition? -- Conundrums : sex education, "teenage pregnancy", and decision-making in the context of abortion -- The invention of the "social problem" of teenage pregnancy -- Young women and abortion : the new social problem -- Othering : race, culture and "teenage pregnancy"/abortion -- Managing the threat of degeneration.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 150-164) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010007376
ISBN9780415553391 (hb : alk. paper)
ISBN9780415553384 (pb : alk. paper)