Playing to Win Raising Children in a Competitive Culture

Name: Playing to Win Raising Children in a Competitive Culture
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ISBN: 9780520276765

ISBN-10: 0520276760

ISBN-13: 9780520276765

Edition: 2013

Authors: Hilary Levey Friedman

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Playing to Win: Raising Children in a Competitive Culture follows the path of elementary school-age children involved in competitive dance, youth travel soccer, and scholastic chess.Why do American children participate in so many adult-run activities outside of the home, especially when family time is so scarce? By analyzing the roots of these competitive afterschool activities and their contemporary effects, Playing to Win contextualizes elementary school-age children's activities, and suggests they have become proving grounds for success in the tournament of life--especially when it comes to coveted admission to elite universities, and beyond.In offering a behind-the-scenes look at how…

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List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 8/3/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 355
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



Preface: Enter to Grow in Wisdom


Introduction: Play to Win



Outside Class: A History of American Children's Competitive Activities



More than Playing Around: Studying Competitive Childhoods



Cultivating Competitive Kid Capital: Generalist and Specialist Parents Speak



Pink Girls and Ball Guys? Gender and Competitive Children's Activities



Carving Up Honor: Organizing and Profiting from the Creation of Competitive Kid Capital



Trophies, Triumphs, and Tears: Competitive Kids in Action


Conclusion: The Road Ahead for My Competitive Kids


Appendix: Questioning Kids: Experiences from Fieldwork and Interviews


Notes


Works Cited


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