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Beeline: What Spelling Bees Reveal about Generation Z's New Path to Success
Beeline: What Spelling Bees Reveal about Generation Z's New Path to Success
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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.
Author: Shalini Shankar
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 04/30/2019
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780465094523
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/01/2019 pg. 77
School Library Journal 03/01/2019 pg. 134
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2019
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.
Author: Shalini Shankar
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 04/30/2019
Pages: 336
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780465094523
Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/01/2019 pg. 77
School Library Journal 03/01/2019 pg. 134
Kirkus Reviews 02/15/2019
About the Author
Shalini Shankar is professor of anthropology and Asian American studies at Northwestern University. A Guggenheim fellow and National Science Foundation grant recipient, she is the mother of two Gen Z children. Shankar splits her time between Evanston, Illinois, and Brooklyn, New York.
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