Playing to win : raising children in a competitive culture /
"Many parents work more hours outside of the home and their lives are crowded with more obligations than ever before; many children spend their evenings and weekends trying out for all-star teams, traveling to regional and national tournaments, and eating dinner in the car while being shuttled...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
2013.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface: Enter to Grow in Wisdom; Introduction: Play to Win; 1 Outside Class: A History of American Children's Competitive Activities; 2 More than Playing Around: Studying Competitive Childhoods; 3 Cultivating Competitive Kid Capital: Generalist and Specialist Parents Speak; 4 Pink Girls and Ball Guys? Gender and Competitive Children's Activities; 5 Carving Up Honor: Organizing and Profiting from the Creation of Competitive Kid Capital; 6 Trophies, Triumphs, and Tears: Competitive Kids in Action; Conclusion: The Road Ahead for My Competitive Kids.
- Appendix: Questioning Kids: Experiences from Fieldwork and InterviewsNotes; Works Cited; Index.