Bristol Palin: The Pedagogical Media Spectacle of a Sexual Abstinence Ambassador

Autor/in	DaoJensen, Thuy
Titel	Bristol Palin: The Pedagogical Media Spectacle of a Sexual Abstinence Ambassador
Quelle	In: Gender and Education, 25 (2013) 5, S.605-623 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0954-0253
DOI	10.1080/09540253.2013.810710
Schlagwörter	Early Parenthood; Adolescents; Pregnancy; One Parent Family; Feminism; Discourse Analysis; Sexuality; Social Influences; Political Affiliation; Political Candidates; Social Attitudes; Religious Factors; Christianity; Mass Media; Social Problems; Interviews; Advocacy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Schwangerschaft; Single parent family; Ein-Eltern-Familie; Feminismus; Diskursanalyse; Sexualität; Sozialer Einfluss; Politisches Interesse; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Christentum; Massenmedien; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Sozialanwaltschaft
Abstract	This paper explores the public political media spectacle of Bristol Palin's teenage pregnancy and her status as a single mother through the lens of a critical feminist discourse analysis. The author explores how cultural anxieties over teenage sexuality and unintended pregnancy in America are constructed when the pregnant teen is the daughter of an ambitious politician who is White, upper-middle class, and holds evangelical Christian beliefs. From pregnant teen thrust into the media spotlight by her politically ambitious mother to ambassador of sexual abstinence, the pedagogical media spectacle of Bristol Palin promoting abstinence is unique and can be understood as part of a broader postfeminist media culture in which the articulation of feminist empowerment principles, such as female agency and reproductive choice, is subverted within the neoliberal discourse of personal responsibility and financial independence. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10