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Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life

ISBN: 9780520239500 | 0520239504
Format: Paperback
Publisher: UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
Pub. Date: 8/1/2003

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SummaryTable of Contents
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 Childhoodsexplores 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 ... MORE
Acknowledgmentsix
1. Concerted Cultivation and the Accomplishment of Natural Growth1(13)
2. Social Structure and Daily Life14(19)
PART I. THE ORGANIZATION OF DAILY LIFE33(72)
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3. The Hectic Pace of Concerted Cultivation: Garrett Tallinger
38(28)
4. A Child's Pace: Tyrec Taylor
66(16)
5. Children's Play Is for Children: Katie Brindle
82(23)
PART II. LANGUAGE USE105(56)
6. Developing a Child: Alexander Williams
108(26)
7. Language as a Conduit for Social Life: Harold McAllister
134(27)
PART III. FAMILIES AND INSTITUTIONS161(98)
8. Concerted Cultivation in Organizational Spheres: Stacey Marshall
165(17)
9. Concerted Cultivation Gone Awry: Melanie Handlon
182(16)
10. Letting Educators Lead the Way: Wendy Driver
198(23)
11. Beating with a Belt, Fearing "the School" Little Billy Yanelli
221(12)
12. The Power and Limits of Social Class
233(26)
Appendix A. Methodology: Enduring Dilemmas in Fieldwork259(16)
Appendix B. Theory: Understanding the Work of Pierre Bourdieu275(4)
Appendix C. Supporting Tables279(10)
Notes289(24)
Bibliography313(12)
Index325

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