Distributing condoms and hope : the racialized politics of youth sexual health / Chris A. Barcelos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Barcelos, Chris A., 1981- author.

Series:

Reproductive justice ; 3.

Reproductive justice : a new vision for the twenty-first century ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teenagers--Sexual behavior.

Teenage pregnancy--United States--Prevention--Case studies.

Teenage pregnancy--Prevention--Government policy--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Distributing Condoms and Hope is a feminist ethnographic account of how youth sexual health programs in the racially and economically stratified city of “Millerston” reproduce harm in the marginalized communities they are meant to serve. Chris A. Barcelos makes space for the stories of young mothers, who often recognize the narrow ways that public health professionals respond to pregnancies. Barcelos's findings show that teachers, social workers, and nurses ignore systemic issues of race, class, and gender and instead advocate for individual-level solutions such as distributing condoms and promoting ";hope."; Through a lens of reproductive justice, Distributing Condoms and Hope imagines a different approach to serving marginalized youth—a support system that neither uses their lives as a basis for disciplinary public policies nor romanticizes their struggles.

Contents:

Introduction : this is what happens when you get pregnant as a teenager

Race, pregnancy, and power in Millerston

The messy narratives of disidentifying with teen motherhood

"It's their culture" : teen pregnancy prevention as a gendered racial project

Sex, science, and what teens do when it's dark outside

Educated hope : imagining reproductive justice in Millerston

Appendix A : organizations and projects in Millerston

Appendix B : methodological notes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780520973732

0520973739

OCLC:

1159652882