LEADER 03904nam 2200697Ia 450 001 9910807476803321 005 20200520144314.0 024 7 $a10.1007/978-1-4039-7398-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000032054 035 $a(EBL)307591 035 $a(OCoLC)560287094 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000288662 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11222828 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000288662 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10381595 035 $a(PQKB)10244731 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000431845 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11296561 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000431845 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10477192 035 $a(PQKB)11522361 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4039-7398-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC307591 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000032054 100 $a20031203d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerican individualisms $echild rearing and social class in three neighborhoods /$fAdrie S. Kusserow 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cPalgrave Macmillan$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (221 p.) 225 1 $aCulture, mind, and society 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4039-6480-7 311 $a1-4039-7398-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Contents; Series Forward; Introduction; Chapter One: Ethnographic Method and Context; Chapter Two: American Individualism and Social Class Revisited; Chapter Three: Queenston and Kelley Ethnoconceptions of the Child's Self: The Soft-Hard Continuum and Establishment of Firm Boundaries to the Self; Chapter Four: Queenston Hard Protective Individualism vs. Kelley Hard Projective Individualism; Chapter Five: Individualism and Ethnoconceptions of the Child's Self in Parkside; Chapter Six: Queenston and Kelley Preschools; Chapter Seven: Parkside Preschools 327 $aChapter Eight: Balancing Psychologized Individualism with Societal Constraints and Uncovering the True SelfConclusion: The Varieties of Individualism; Appendix A: Sample Letter for Parents; Appendix B: Interview Questions; Notes; Bibliography; Index 330 $aWhat are hard and soft individualisms? In this detailed ethnography of three communities in Manhattan and Queens, Kusserow interviews parents and teachers (from wealthy to those on welfare) on the types of hard and soft individualisms they encourage in their children and students. American Individualisms explores the important issue of class differences in the socialization of individualism in America. It presents American individualism not as one single homogeneous, stereotypic life-pattern as often claimed to be, but as variable, class-differentiated models of individualism instilled in young children by their parents and preschool teachers in Manhattan and Queens. By providing rich descriptions of the situational, class-based individualisms that take root in communities with vastly different visions of the future, Kusserow brings social inequality back into previously bland and generic discussions of American individualism. 410 0$aCulture, mind, and society. 606 $aSocial classes$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aChild rearing$xSocial aspects$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aSocialization$zNew York (State)$zNew York 606 $aIndividualism$zNew York (State)$zNew York 607 $aNew York (N.Y.)$xSocial conditions 615 0$aSocial classes 615 0$aChild rearing$xSocial aspects 615 0$aSocialization 615 0$aIndividualism 676 $a305.5097471 700 $aKusserow$b Adrie$01763114 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807476803321 996 $aAmerican individualisms$94203388 997 $aUNINA