Childhood socialization / Gerald Handel, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Handel, Gerald.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Socialization.

Socialization--Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

xix, 400 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick : Aldine Transaction, [2006]

Summary:

This collection of authoritative studies portrays how the basic agencies of socialization transform the newborn human organism into a social person capable of interacting with others. Socialization differs from one society to another and within any society from one segment to another. Childhood Socialization samples some of that variation, giving the reader a glimpse of socialization in contexts other than those with which he or she is likely to be familiar.

In the years since publication of the first edition of this book in 1988, childhood has become a territory open to broader sociological investigation. In this revised edition, Gerald Handel has selected and gathered new contributions that analyze the agents of socialization, including family, school, and peer group, and explore the influences of television and gender. The balance of classical studies and more recent work reflecting changes in the family structure renews the centrality of this anthology for courses in the social psychology of children up to adolescence.

The book is divided into nine parts: "Socialization, Individuation, and the Self"; "Historical Changes in Attitudes Toward Children"; "Families as Socialization Agents"; "Daycare and Nursery School as Socialization Agents"; "Schools as Socialization Agents"; "Peer Groups as Socialization Agents"; "Television and its Influence"; "Gender Socialization"; and "Social Stratification and Inequality in Socialization." While socialization continues on into the adolescent and adult years, childhood socialization is primary, essential in creating the human person and in shaping the identity, outlook, skills, and resources of the evolving person. Childhood Socialization is a dynamic volume that will be of continuing interest to students and scholars of family studies, sociology, psychology, and modern culture.

Contents:

Part I Socialization, Individuation, and the Self 1

Chapter 1 Socialization and Individuation / William Damon 3

Chapter 2 Socialization and the Social Self / Gerald Handel 11

Part II Childhood in History 21

Chapter 3 Little Angels, Little Devils: A Sociology of Children / Anthony Synnott 25

Part III Families as Socializing Agents 43

Chapter 4 The Mutuality of Parental Control in Early Childhood / H. Rudolph Schaffer 45

Chapter 5 As the Twig Is Bent: Children Reared in Feminist Households / Barbara J. Risman, Kristin Myers 65

Chapter 6 Racial Socialization / Shirley A. Hill 89

Part IV Day Care and Nursery School as Socialization Agents 113

Chapter 7 Power and Resistance in Infant-Toddler Day Care Centers / Robin Lynn Leavitt 115

Chapter 8 Cooperation and Control in Japanese Nursery Schools / Catherine C. Lewis 137

Part V Schools as Socialization Agents 155

Chapter 9 Schools and Socialization / Steven Brint 157

Part VI Peer Groups as Socialization Agents 175

Chapter 10 Children's Conception and Reaction to Adult Rules: The Underlife of the Nursery School / William Corsaro 179

Chapter 11 The Carpool: A Socializing Adjunct to the Educational Experience / Patricia A. Adler, Peter Adler 195

Chapter 12 Friends, Impression Management, and Preadolescent Behavior / Gary Alan Fine 213

Part VII Television and Its Influence 237

Chapter 13 Theoretical Perspectives / Judith Van Evra 239

Chapter 14 Children's Desires/Mothers' Dilemmas: The Social Contexts of Consumption / Ellen Seiter 261

Part VIII Gender Socialization 277

Chapter 15 Engendering Children / Scott Coltrane 279

Chapter 16 Male Gender Socialization and the Perpetration of Sexual Abuse / David Lisak 311

Part IX Social Stratification and Inequality in Socialization 331

Chapter 17 Concerted Cultivation and the Accomplishment of Natural Growth / Annette Lareau 335

Chapter 18 Clashes in Values / Julia Wrigley 345

Chapter 19 Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work / Jean Anyon 369.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0202306410

0202306429

OCLC:

58043475