Drug use and motherhood: Strategies for managing identity

TY - JOUR

T1 - Drug use and motherhood

T2 - Strategies for managing identity

AU - Radcliffe, Polly

PY - 2009

Y1 - 2009

N2 - Interviews with pregnant substance misusing women and women who had given birth in the previous two years suggest that they are engaged in a process of managing spoiled identities in order to present themselves as committed and motivated mothers. The work they engage in involves presenting themselves as regulated consumers by keeping to substitute prescribing regimes, keeping appointments with a multitude of agencies and aligning themselves with a normalised discourse of motherhood. Interview accounts emphasise the importance of caring networks in personal lives and in the service with which they are engaging

AB - Interviews with pregnant substance misusing women and women who had given birth in the previous two years suggest that they are engaged in a process of managing spoiled identities in order to present themselves as committed and motivated mothers. The work they engage in involves presenting themselves as regulated consumers by keeping to substitute prescribing regimes, keeping appointments with a multitude of agencies and aligning themselves with a normalised discourse of motherhood. Interview accounts emphasise the importance of caring networks in personal lives and in the service with which they are engaging

KW - drug use

KW - stigma

KW - motherhood

U2 - 10.1108/17459265200900026

DO - 10.1108/17459265200900026

M3 - Article

SN - 1745-9265

VL - 9

SP - 17

EP - 21

JO - Drugs and Alcohol Today

JF - Drugs and Alcohol Today

IS - 3

ER -