Raising Teenagers in Hostile Environments: How Race, Class, and Gender Matter for Mothers' Protective Carework

Autor/inn/en	Elliott, Sinikka; Aseltine, Elyshia
Titel	Raising Teenagers in Hostile Environments: How Race, Class, and Gender Matter for Mothers' Protective Carework
Quelle	In: Journal of Family Issues, 34 (2013) 6, S.719-744 (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0192-513X
DOI	10.1177/0192513X12452253
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Child Rearing; Racial Differences; Social Class; Gender Differences; Mothers; Parenting Styles; Hispanic Americans; Whites; African Americans; Parent Attitudes; Child Safety; Parent Responsibility; Feminism; African American Culture; Critical Theory; Social Bias; Environmental Influences; Interviews; Crime; At Risk Persons; Sexual Abuse; Child Responsibility; Socioeconomic Influences; Extracurricular Activities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Kindererziehung; Rassenunterschied; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Geschlechterkonflikt; Mother; Mutter; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; White; Weißer; Afroamerikaner; Elternverhalten; Feminismus; Kritische Theorie; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Risikogruppe; Sexueller Missbrauch; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Außerunterrichtliche Aktivität
Abstract	In contemporary discourse, children are imagined with "surplus risk," and parents often feel pressure to protect their children from danger. Drawing on interviews with 40 Latina, White, and Black mothers of teenagers, the authors examine the factors that shape these mothers' concerns for their teens' safety, how they articulate these concerns, and the strategies they employ to try to keep teens safe: individual responsibility, monitoring, and organized activities. Drawing on insights from Black feminism and critical race theory, the authors demonstrate how the intersections of race, class, and gender shape mothers' perceptions of the dangers their children face and their efforts to help their children navigate these "hostile environments." Findings reveal intersecting axes of inequality in mothers' protective carework as well as how inequalities are resisted, but may also be reproduced, through mothers' understandings and strategies. The benefits and challenges of an intersectional analysis are discussed in the conclusion. (Contains 3 notes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10