Learning to Be an Individual
Subtitle: Emotion And Person in an American Junior High School (Adolescent Cultures, School and Society)
Publisher: Peter Lang Publishing
Published: January 22, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 185
ISBN-13: 9780820486550
Subjects: Secondary; Multicultural Education; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Education; Education / Teaching; Adolescent psychology; Case studies; Junior high school students; Social conditions; Teenagers; United States
Description: Learning to Be an Individual delves into how the ideology of individualism shapes American personhood by examining socialization during early adolescence. As an anthropological study, it painstakingly analyzes the workings of American cultural conceptions of self, person, and emotion in the minute details of everyday school life. In so doing, it draws attention to a crucial, yet often overlooked, aspect of schooling: affective education. It also points out how emotion is deeply involved in morality politics in American education and society. This is a book that needs to be read by anyone interested in the role of individualism in public education. -- Provided by publisher.