Unequal childhoods: class, race, and family life
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Beteilige Person: Lareau, Annette 1953- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Berkeley [u.a.] Univ. of California Press 2011
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Abstract:Class does make a difference in the lives and futures of American children. Drawing on in-depth observations of black and white middle-class, working-class, and poor families, Unequal childhoods explores this fact, offering a picture of childhood today. Here are the frenetic families managing their children's hectic schedules of "leisure" activities and here are families with plenty of time but little economic security. Lareau shows how middle-class parents, whether black or white, engage in a process of "concerted cultivation" designed to draw out children's talents and skills, while working-class and poor families rely on "the accomplishment of natural growth," in which a child's development unfolds spontaneously--as long as basic comfort, food, and shelter are provided. Each of these approaches to childrearing brings its own benefits and its own drawbacks. In identifying and analyzing differences between the two, Lareau demonstrates the power, and limits, of social class in shaping the lives of America's children.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-323) and index
Umfang:XII, 331 S.
ISBN:0520237633
9780520239500
0520239504