American individualisms : child rearing and social class in three neighborhoods /

What are hard and soft individualisms? In this detailed ethnography of three communities in Manhattan and Queens, Kusserow interviews parents and teachers (from wealthy to those on welfare) on the types of hard and soft individualisms they encourage in their children and students. American Individua...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kusserow, Adrie
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Culture, mind, and society.
Temas:
Social classes > New York (State) > New York.
Child rearing > Social aspects > New York (State) > New York.
Socialization > New York (State) > New York.
Individualism > New York (State) > New York.
Classes sociales > New York (État) > New York.
Éducation des enfants > Aspect social > New York (État) > New York.
Socialisation > New York (État) > New York.
Individualisme > New York (État) > New York.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Social Classes.
Child rearing > Social aspects
Individualism
Social classes
Social conditions
Socialization
New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions.
New York (N.Y.) > Conditions sociales.
New York (State) > New York
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Ethnographic method and context
  • American individualism and social class revisited
  • Queenston and Kelley ethnoconceptions of the child's self : the soft-hard continuum and establishment of firm boundaries to the self
  • Queenston hard protective individualism vs. Kelley hard projective individualism
  • Individualism and ethnoconceptions of the child's self in Parkside
  • Queenston and Kelley preschools
  • Parkside preschools
  • Balancing psychologized individualism with societal constraints and uncovering the true self
  • Conclusion : the varieties of individualism.

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