Title American individualisms : child rearing and social class in three neighborhoods / Adrie S. Kusserow

Edition 1st ed Published New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 207 pages) Series Culture, mind, and society Culture, mind, and society. Contents 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 Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Social classes -- New York (State) -- New York Child rearing -- Social aspects -- New York (State) -- New York Socialization -- New York (State) -- New York Individualism -- New York (State) -- New York SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Classes. Child rearing -- Social aspects Individualism Social classes Social conditions Socialization SUBJECT New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions Subject New York (State) -- New York Form Electronic book ISBN 9781403973986 1403973989

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