American Individualisms - Child Rearing and Social Class in Three Neighborhoods (Paperback, 2004 ed.)

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 descriptions of the situational, class-based individualisms that take root in communities with vastly different visions of the future, Kusserow brings social inequality back into previously bland and generic discussions of American individualism.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Culture, Mind, and Society
Release date:	July 2004
First published:	2004
Authors:	A Kusserow
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - With dust jacket
Pages:	207
Edition:	2004 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4039-6481-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > Social & cultural anthropology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Age groups > General
LSN:	1-4039-6481-5
Barcode:	9781403964816

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