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Unequal childhoods : class, race, and family life, Annette Lareau

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"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. The first edition of Unequal Childhoods was an instant classic, portraying in riveting detail the unexpected ways in which social class influences parenting in white and African American families. A decade later, Annette Lareau has revisited the same families and interviewed the original subjects to examine the impact of social class in the transition to adulthood."--Publisher
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
Second edition, with an update a decade later.
Extent
1 online resource (xiv, 461 pages)
Contents
  • Concerted cultivation and the accomplishment of natural growth
  • Social structure and daily life
  • Part I. Organization of daily life. The hectic pace of concerted cultivation: Garrett Tallinger ; A child's pace: Tyrec Taylor ; Children's play is for children: Katie Brindle
  • Part II. Language use. Developing a child: Alexander Williams ; Language as a conduit for social life: Harold McAllister
  • Part III. Families and institutions. Concerted cultivation in organizational spheres: Stacey Marshall ; Concerted cultivation gone awry: Melanie Handlon ; Letting educators lead the way: Wendy Driver ; Beating with a belt, fearing "the school": Little Billy Yanelli ; The power and limits of social class
  • Part IV. Unequal childhoods and unequal adulthoods. Class differences in parents' information and intervention in the lives of young adults ; Reflections on longitudinal ethnography and the families' reactions to Unequal childhoods ; Unequal childhoods in context: results from a quantitative analysis / Annette Lareau, Elliot Weininger, Dalton Conley, and Melissa Velez
  • Afterword
  • Appendix A. Methodology: enduring dilemmas in fieldwork
  • Appendix B. Theory: understanding the work of Pierre Bourdieu
  • Appendix C. Supporting tables
  • Appendix D. Tables for the second edition
Isbn
9780520949904
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Unequal childhoods : class, race, and family life
Title
Unequal childhoods
Title remainder
class, race, and family life
Statement of responsibility
Annette Lareau
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
"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. The first edition of Unequal Childhoods was an instant classic, portraying in riveting detail the unexpected ways in which social class influences parenting in white and African American families. A decade later, Annette Lareau has revisited the same families and interviewed the original subjects to examine the impact of social class in the transition to adulthood."--Publisher
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E7B
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Lareau, Annette
Dewey number
305.23089/96073
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Language note
In English
LC call number
HQ767.9
LC item number
.L37 2011eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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  • Children
  • Families
  • Social conflict
  • Class consciousness
  • Equality
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE
  • Children
  • Class consciousness
  • Equality
  • Families
  • Social conflict
  • United States
  • Soziale Ungleichheit
  • Kind
  • Familienbeziehung
  • USA
Label
Unequal childhoods : class, race, and family life, Annette Lareau
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Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-451) and index
Carrier category
online resource
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  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
mixed
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Concerted cultivation and the accomplishment of natural growth -- Social structure and daily life -- Part I. Organization of daily life. The hectic pace of concerted cultivation: Garrett Tallinger ; A child's pace: Tyrec Taylor ; Children's play is for children: Katie Brindle -- Part II. Language use. Developing a child: Alexander Williams ; Language as a conduit for social life: Harold McAllister -- Part III. Families and institutions. Concerted cultivation in organizational spheres: Stacey Marshall ; Concerted cultivation gone awry: Melanie Handlon ; Letting educators lead the way: Wendy Driver ; Beating with a belt, fearing "the school": Little Billy Yanelli ; The power and limits of social class -- Part IV. Unequal childhoods and unequal adulthoods. Class differences in parents' information and intervention in the lives of young adults ; Reflections on longitudinal ethnography and the families' reactions to Unequal childhoods ; Unequal childhoods in context: results from a quantitative analysis / Annette Lareau, Elliot Weininger, Dalton Conley, and Melissa Velez -- Afterword -- Appendix A. Methodology: enduring dilemmas in fieldwork -- Appendix B. Theory: understanding the work of Pierre Bourdieu -- Appendix C. Supporting tables -- Appendix D. Tables for the second edition
Control code
747412377
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
Second edition, with an update a decade later.
Extent
1 online resource (xiv, 461 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780520949904
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
  • 22573/cttt4bpt
  • a4a2d63a-e14c-4033-a599-94ec6ed1bb08
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)747412377
Label
Unequal childhoods : class, race, and family life, Annette Lareau
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-451) and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
mixed
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Concerted cultivation and the accomplishment of natural growth -- Social structure and daily life -- Part I. Organization of daily life. The hectic pace of concerted cultivation: Garrett Tallinger ; A child's pace: Tyrec Taylor ; Children's play is for children: Katie Brindle -- Part II. Language use. Developing a child: Alexander Williams ; Language as a conduit for social life: Harold McAllister -- Part III. Families and institutions. Concerted cultivation in organizational spheres: Stacey Marshall ; Concerted cultivation gone awry: Melanie Handlon ; Letting educators lead the way: Wendy Driver ; Beating with a belt, fearing "the school": Little Billy Yanelli ; The power and limits of social class -- Part IV. Unequal childhoods and unequal adulthoods. Class differences in parents' information and intervention in the lives of young adults ; Reflections on longitudinal ethnography and the families' reactions to Unequal childhoods ; Unequal childhoods in context: results from a quantitative analysis / Annette Lareau, Elliot Weininger, Dalton Conley, and Melissa Velez -- Afterword -- Appendix A. Methodology: enduring dilemmas in fieldwork -- Appendix B. Theory: understanding the work of Pierre Bourdieu -- Appendix C. Supporting tables -- Appendix D. Tables for the second edition
Control code
747412377
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
Second edition, with an update a decade later.
Extent
1 online resource (xiv, 461 pages)
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780520949904
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Other physical details
illustrations
http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
  • 22573/cttt4bpt
  • a4a2d63a-e14c-4033-a599-94ec6ed1bb08
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)747412377

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