Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-203) and index.
Contents
Ethnographic method and context -- American individualism and social class revisited -- Queenston and Kelley ethnoconceptions of the child's self : the soft-hard continuum and establishment of firm boundaries to the self -- Queenston hard protective individualism vs. Kelley hard projective individualism -- Individualism and ethnoconceptions of the child's self in Parkside -- Queenston and Kelley preschools -- Parkside preschools -- Balancing psychologized individualism with societal constraints and uncovering the true self -- Conclusion : the varieties of individualism.