"How Can You Live without Your Kids?": Distancing from and Embracing the Stigma of "Incarcerated Mother."

Autor/inn/en	Aiello, Brittnie; McQueeny, Krista
Titel	"How Can You Live without Your Kids?": Distancing from and Embracing the Stigma of "Incarcerated Mother."
Quelle	In: Journal of Prison Education and Reentry, 3 (2016) 1, S.32-49 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2387-2306
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Institutionalized Persons; Correctional Institutions; Social Bias; Social Attitudes; Identification (Psychology); Participant Observation; Interviews; Moral Values; Social Influences; Parent Role; Child Rearing; Ethnography + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Jugendstrafvollzug; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Teilnehmende Beobachtung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Sozialer Einfluss; Parental role; Elternrolle; Kindererziehung; Ethnografie
Abstract	This article examines how incarcerated mothers constructed moral identities in the face of stigma. Analyzing data from participant observation and 83 in-depth interviews with incarcerated mothers, we show that mothers claimed moral identities by distancing from the stigma of incarceration and/or embracing the identity of incarcerated mothers. Utilizing these strategies, women challenged the stigma of convicted felon/ bad mother and reinforced the assumptions that motherhood is compulsory and should be reserved for women with enough money and standing to give their children advantages. The implications for understanding motherhood as a mechanism of moral identity and social control are discussed. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Prison Education and Reentry. Jonas Liesvei 91, N5009 Bergen, Norway. Web site: https://jper.uib.no/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01