The Girl-Mom Experience: A Discourse Analysis of Online (R)evolution

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dc.contributor.authorGislason, Leanne
dc.contributor.supervisorJeffery, Donna Irene
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-27T18:24:46Z
dc.date.available2013-08-27T18:24:46Z
dc.date.copyright2013en_US
dc.date.issued2013-08-27
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Social Worken_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Social Work M.S.W.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores the ways in which the young mothers who participated in the online community of Girl-Mom.com were influenced by the dominant website discourses. Young mothers are positioned as deviant throughout time, with specific consequences related to notions of stratified reproduction. Girl-Mom.com exists within social relations of third wave feminism, and in the social context of cyberspace. Within this background, feminist post-structuralism is employed to read discussion forum posts to note how concepts of discourse, power and knowledge, subjectivity and resistance create discursive effects. The Girl-Mom discourse emerges as a major theme. The qualities of the Girl- Mom discourse enlist young mothers in their own emancipation and the creation of self- knowledge while invoking processes of normalization, regulation and discipline between members. In the process, motherhood is valued as a biological act in which women are revered for their reproductive capabilities, with different effects for racialized women.en_US
dc.description.proquestcode0452en_US
dc.description.proquestemailleanne.gislason@gmail.comen_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/4847
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rights.tempAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectdiscourse analysisen_US
dc.subjectyoung mothersen_US
dc.subjectGirl-Momen_US
dc.titleThe Girl-Mom Experience: A Discourse Analysis of Online (R)evolutionen_US
dc.title.alternativeGirl-Mom Experience: A Discourse Analysis of Online Revolutionen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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