Unequal Childhoods

by Lareau, Annette

• ISBN13: 9780520237636
• ISBN10: 0520237633
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

"Unequal Childhoods" uses actual observations from black and white middle-class, working-class, and poor families to provide a vivid account of the importance of social class, and the relative unimportance of race, in shaping parents' and children's lives.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Concerted Cultivation and the Accomplishment of Natural Growth	1	(13)
Social Structure and Daily Life	14	(19)
PART I. THE ORGANIZATION OF DAILY LIFE	33	(72)
The Hectic Pace of Concerted Cultivation	38	(28)
Garrett Tallinger
A Child's Pace	66	(16)
Tyrec Taylor
Children's Play Is for Children	82	(23)
Katie Brindle
PART II. LANGUAGE USE	105	(56)
Developing a Child	108	(26)
Alexander Williams
Language as a Conduit for Social Life	134	(27)
Harold McAllister
PART III. FAMILIES AND INSTITUTIONS	161	(98)
Concerted Cultivation in Organizational Spheres	165	(17)
Stacey Marshall
Concerted Cultivation Gone Awry	182	(16)
Melanie Handlon
Letting Educators Lead the Way	198	(23)
Wendy Driver
Beating with a Belt, Fearing ``the School''	221	(12)
Little Billy Yanelli
The Power and Limits of Social Class	233	(26)
Appendix A. Methodology: Enduring Dilemmas in Fieldwork	259	(16)
Appendix B. Theory: Understanding the Work of Pierre Bourdieu	275	(4)
Appendix C. Supporting Tables	279	(10)
Notes	289	(24)
Bibliography	313	(12)
Index	325