Social geographies of categorizations in two preschools: A comparative study of the U.S. and South Korean children

Junehui Ahn

doi:10.1177/09075682251321258

Social geographies of categorizations in two preschools: A comparative study of the U.S. and South Korean children

Junehui Ahn

Department of Urban Sociology

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This paper cross-culturally explores the ways children in the U.S. and South Korea are socialized to use culturally specific concepts of social categories. Through detailed descriptions and analysis of everyday preschool interactions in two cultures, the paper examines the roles children’s peer culture and teachers’ everyday socialization inputs can have in the reproduction and perpetuation of knowledge, ideas, and proclivities regarding social categories.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	211-229
Number of pages	19
Journal	Childhood
Volume	32
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/09075682251321258
State	Published - May 2025

Keywords

cross-cultural studies
peer culture
Social categories
South Korea
U.S

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