The youngest parents : teenage pregnancy as it shapes lives /
Prominent child psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Coles asks us to shed our preconceptions and listen to the compelling voices of young women and men who are soon to become parents, though barely out of childhood themselves
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Durham, N.C. : New York :
Center for Documentary Studies : in association with W.W. Norton,
c1997
New York : Center for Documentary Studies, c1997 New York ; London : c1997 New York, NY : [1997], ©1997 |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| Summary: | Prominent child psychiatrist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Coles asks us to shed our preconceptions and listen to the compelling voices of young women and men who are soon to become parents, though barely out of childhood themselves Dr. Coles's text is accompanied by photographic essays by two outstanding American photographers. Jocelyn Lee, professor of photography at the Maine College of Art, lived alongside young mothers in Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Nova Scotia, and Texas, exploring their daily lives. John Moses, a pediatrician and photographer, worked for several years with teenage parents in North Carolina, and his pictures show the pride and tenderness they've found in family life These teenage parents are black, white, and Hispanic; city dwellers and residents of small towns; rich and poor. From conversations with them, Dr. Coles weaves a subtle yet dramatic narrative that reveals the aspirations and apprehensions of these "youngest parents," whose prospects aren't very promising and whose assumptions aren't always ones that he, or we, share |
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| Item Description: | This WorldCat-derived record is shareable under Open Data Commons ODC-BY, with attribution to OCLC "A DoubleTake book." |
| Physical Description: | 223 p. : ill. ; 24 cm 223 p. : ill. ; 25 cm 223 p. : ill., ports ; 24 cm 223 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 133-136) Includes bibliographical references |
| ISBN: | 0393040828 |