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Author:

Miller Coffel, Cynthia.

Title:

Thinking themselves free : research on the literacy of teen mothers / Cynthia Miller Coffel.

Publisher:

Peter Lang,

Copyright Date:

c2011

Description:

viii, 169 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Teenage mothers.
Teenage pregnancy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p.[159]-165) and index.

Contents:

Marginal and secret stories -- Feeling poverty : entering the teen mothers' worlds -- Interlude : poor girls, reading, and me -- Life stories : listening to the teen mothers' lives -- Interlude : Utah, 1979 : two months a teacher -- The teen moms' book club -- The happy rainy day : teen mothers and teachers writing -- Interlude : Utah, 1980 : famous mothers and others -- Schoolgirls : before, during, and after pregnancy -- Interlude : Utah, 1980 : nine months poignant -- These kids are starved for knowledge -- Stories you have told me -- Coda : where are they now?

Series:

Counterpoints: studies in the postmodern theory of education ; v. 389.

ISBN:

1433109735 (alk. paper)
9781433109737 (alk. paper)
1433109727 (alk. paper)
9781433109720 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)606235061

LCCN:

2010014267

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)