James M. Mannon is professor of sociology at DePauw University and the author of American Gridmark.
Measuring Up explores the relentless pressure many Americans feel to measure up successfully with respect to grades, beauty, economic achievement, and various quantified ?aptitudes.? This unique text focuses both on the macro and micro aspects of social and cultural life, discussing such topics as culture, socialization, peer groups, reference grou
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
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.
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.