The problem with a culture of excellence
The problem with a culture of excellence
- June 18, 2014
- Research by Jennifer Lee, socoiology professor, is featured in the Pacific Standard June 18, 2014
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From the Pacific Standard:
The Wall Street Journal excerpted Amy Chua’s book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,
trumpeting Chinese-style parenting (characterized as strict, harsh, and withholding)
over permissive Western-style parenting…“[Chua and Rubenfeld] focus on traits, behaviors,
and values that some groups possess without considering how they emerge from a set
of different circumstances for different groups,” says Jennifer Lee, professor of
sociology at University of California, Irvine…“The ‘culture of poverty’ has been dispelled
by social scientists for decades,” Lee says.
For the full story, please visit http://www.psmag.com/navigation/books-and-culture/tiger-mom-asian-americ....
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