James Mannon

Measuring Up (eBook, ePUB)

The Performance Ethic In American Culture

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the relentless pressure that many Americans feel to measure up successfully with respect to grades, beauty, economic achievement, and various quantified "aptitudes." It focuses on both the macro and micro aspects of social and cultural life.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429978630
• Artikelnr.: 52461874

Autorenporträt

James M. Mannon is professor of sociology at DePauw University and the author of American Gridmark.

Inhaltsangabe

The Performance Ethic in American Society
Measuring Up in the Early Years
Why Teens Try Harder: Adolescent Life in the United States
The Measured Self in the Middle Years
Losers, Weepers: Dilemmas of the Underclass
Constructing a New Vision: The Emergence of the Productive Self