Teenage Pregnancy as Moral Panic: Reflections on the Marginalization of Girls' Feelings.

Cockett, Lynn S.; Knetzer, Sarah

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ERIC Number: EJ570678

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1998

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Teenage Pregnancy as Moral Panic: Reflections on the Marginalization of Girls' Feelings.

Cockett, Lynn S.; Knetzer, Sarah

Knowledge Quest, v26 n4 p50-54 May-Jun 1998

Suggests that library media centers and public libraries are among the main institutions responsible for providing information on teenage pregnancy. Argues that the treatment of teen pregnancy as an "epidemic" by the United States government and the media, and the representation of pregnant girls in young adult fiction contribute to gender inequity in this matter. (AEF)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Adolescent Literature, Adolescents, Early Parenthood, Females, Fiction, Gender Issues, Library Role, Public Libraries, Responsibility, School Libraries, Secondary Education, Sex Bias, Social Problems, User Needs (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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