Beeline: what spelling bees reveal about generation Z's new path to success
An anthropologist uses spelling bees as a lens to examine the unique and diverse traits of Generation Z-and why they are destined for success At first glance, Generation Z (youth born after 1997) seems to be made up of anxious overachievers, hounded by Tiger Moms and constantly tracked on social media. One would think that competitors in the National Spelling Bee-the most popular brain sport in America-would be the worst off. Counterintuitively, anthropologist Shalini Shankar argues that, far f…
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- Full title :Beeline : what spelling bees reveal about generation Z's new path to success / Shalini Shankar.
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An anthropologist uses spelling bees as a lens to examine the unique and diverse traits of Generation Z-and why they are destined for success At first glance, Generation Z (youth born after 1997) seems to be made up of anxious overachievers, hounded by Tiger Moms and constantly tracked on social media. One would think that competitors in the National Spelling Bee-the most popular brain sport in America-would be the worst off. Counterintuitively, anthropologist Shalini Shankar argues that, far from being simply overstressed and overscheduled, Gen Z spelling bee competitors are learning crucial twenty-first-century skills from their high-powered lives, displaying a sophisticated understanding of self-promotion, self-direction, and social mobility. Drawing on original ethnographic research, including interviews with participants, judges, and parents, Shankar examines the outsize impact of immigrant parents and explains why Gen Z kids are on a path to success.
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- Publication Date:2019
- Edition:First edition
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- Publisher(s):Basic Books
- Place of Publication:New York, NY
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2019
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- Description:1 online resource
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780465094530, 0465094538
- oclc:on1052905308
- LC Classification:BF723.S77
- Dewey Decimal:155.4/19
Table of Contents
Introduction -- Kids today -- Brain sports & kid competitions -- Spelling bees -- Gen Z kids -- Parents of Gen Z kids -- Bee week -- Becoming elite -- Making spellebrities -- Professionalizing childhoods -- Conclusion: Gen Z futures.
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