FAMILIES, EDUCATION, AND THE STATE
IN AMERICA
A View from Anthropology
by
Hervé Varenne
The Institute for Urban and Minority Education
Teachers College, Columbia University
1998
CONTENTS
Introduction
Part I -- Social Reproduction, Education
and the Family
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The psycho-dynamics of family life
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The psycho-dynamics of social success
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The socio-dynamics of every day life in families
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The place of families in social reproduction
Part II -- Family Processes in the United States
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Small households and the American nuclear family
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The social construction of local familial patterns
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The family beyond the household
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Families in their interrelationships
Part III -- The Family as Educator
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School work at home
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The familial extension of the School
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The reconstitution of the School in and through families
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Familiar curricula
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Familiar curricula and pedagogies
Part IV -- The State of the Family in the American State
Bibliographic Essay
References
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