Fast families, virtual children
Subtitle: a critical sociology of families and schooling
By: Ben Agger and Beth Anne Shelton.
Contributors: Shelton, Beth Anne.
Publisher: Paradigm Publishers
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Boulder, CO
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9781594513398; 9781594513404
Subjects: Family; Work and family; Children of working parents; Children -- Social conditions -- 21st century; Education; Educational sociology; Civilization, Modern -- 21st century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Mapping families in fast capitalism; title: Implosion I: the work/family boundary; title: Implosion II: accelerated childhood; title: Home/school: toward a rote culture; title: Class in class: capital, human capital, cultural capital; title: Children of parents, children of democracy.