American Individualisms Child Rearing and Social Class in Three Neighborhoods

Name: American Individualisms Child Rearing and Social Class in Three Neighborhoods
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ISBN: 9781403964809

ISBN-10: 1403964807

ISBN-13: 9781403964809

Edition: 2004

Authors: Adrie Kusserow

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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 Individualisms explores the important issue of class differences in the socialization of individualism in America. It presents American individualism not as one single homogeneous, stereotypic life-pattern as often claimed to be, but as variable, class-differentiated models of individualism instilled in young children by their parents and preschool teachers in Manhattan and Queens. By providing rich…

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List price: $85.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 7/16/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 207
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English



Series Forward


Introduction



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



Sample Letter for Parents



Interview Questions


Notes


Bibliography


Index